in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Paul Schmehl thusly...
>
> --On July 30, 2005 2:57:57 AM -0400 Parv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >wrote Paul Schmehl thusly...
...
> >>@${SED} -e '/man\.macros/r man.macros' -e '/man\.macros/d'
> >>${WRKSRC}/doc/${f} \
> >> > ${WRKDIR}/${f}
...
> >In the 1st part, sed sends the output of file 'man.macros' to
> >standard out if it exists (otherwise no worries) when sed sees
> >the 'man\.macros' pattern.
> >
> >And the 2d part, just deletes that pattern.
...
> Thanks! That was the answer. I had to fiddle with it for a while
> before I understood what it was doing, but it does exactly what I
> need it to do now.
Your welcome; i apologize if my reply was cryptic.
But then i was working direclty from the man page as my sed-fu is ok
but not great. (:
- Parv
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