This is the README file for File::BSED, a module for search/replacing binary data in binary files using the bsedlib library. Please type "perldoc File::BSED" after installation to see the module usage information. * Installation File::BSED uses the standard perl module install process: cpansign -v # optional; see SIGNATURE for details perl Makefile.PL make # or 'nmake' on Win32 make test make install * Copyright Copyright 2007 by Ask Solem See the file AUTHORS for more information. This software is released under the GPLv3 license, the license in full is in the file LICENSE.GPL The bsedlib code bundled with this library is a hacked version of bsed to make the code reusable to work as a library. bsedlib was hacked together by the author of File::BSED, but the original author of bsed is Dave Dykstra , you can find more information on bsed here: http://www.bell-labs.com/wwexptools/bsed/ bsedlib and bsed is released under a GPL-style license. See the COPYING file for details.