On 18 May 2016 22:25, aide...@gentoo.org wrote: > awk doesn't have the -i option like sed and if editing file in place is > desired, additional steps are required. eawk uses tmp file to make it > look to the caller editing happens in place.
what's your real use case ? i've never once thought "man, i wish i could run an awk script and modify a file in place". and i write awk most days. -mike
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