> Aha... I knew it had to be something. I couldn't quite wrap my head around > the idea that sed is misbehaving.. it seems way too old and set in its ways > for that. However, I did get the -i'' syntax from somewhere.. perhaps it's > a GNUism and I just forgot where I picked it up.
In GNU sed, the -i option does not require an argument, so "sed -i -e 's/a/b/' -e 's/c/d/' ..." is legal syntax. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
