sed -n seems to make all the other commands sed can do besides 'p' have no effect.
$ date | sed 's/ /_/g' Sat_May_15_14:51:45_PDT_2004 $ date | sed -n 's/ /_/g [no output at all] What semantically huge iceberg of a use case am I missing that makes "sed -n" useful? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]