On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Rob Ellis wrote: > This works with sed in /bin/sh and ksh: > > sed -e 's/ */\ > /g' my_test_text_document.txt > > I.e., escape an actual newline.
I used to do that, or include an actual newline in a script, but it just seems wrong from maintainability and readability standpoints. It seems slightly better to get a newline in a shell variable and then use that. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
