Changing workspace clobber option directly from Perforce command line

Question

How to change perforce specs from command line? What I want to do is, I have a workspace whose clobber option is set to noclobber (default value). Now I want to

Answer 1

If you're trying to avoid repeatedly opening a text editor, you can accomplish your goal with a little bit of sed, like this:

p4 client -o | \
sed 's/ noclobber/ clobber/' | \
p4 client -i

Answer 2

It's pretty easy to script this with Perl, Python, Ruby, or even Powershell. Here's a one-liner in Powershell:

p4 client -o | %{$_ -replace "noclobber", "clobber"} | p4 client -i

Answer 3

Simplest solution:

P4EDITOR='sed -i s/noclobber/clobber/' p4 client