File::inplace is a perl module intended to ease the common task of editing a file in-place. inspired by variations of perl's -i option, this module is intended for somewhat more structured and reusable editing than command line perl typically allows. file::inplace endeavors to guarantee file integrity; that is, either all of the changes made will be saved to the file, or none will. it also offers functionality such as backup creation, automatic field splitting per-line, automatic chomping/unchomping, and aborting edits partially through without affecting the original file.