command-switch

Command switch to toggle Notepads word wrap

I have a costumer showing Notepad with a large set of data that looks totally misaligned if word wrap is on and I want to force it off. Is there a command switch to do this? ...

Why do I have to specify the -i switch with a backup extension when using ActivePerl?

I cannot get in-place editing Perl one-liners running under ActivePerl to work unless I specify them with a backup extension: C:\> perl -i -ape "splice (@F, 2, 0, q(inserted text)); $_ = qq(@F\n);" file1.txt Can't do inplace edit without backup. The same command with -i.bak or -i.orig works a treat but creates an unwanted backup file ...