Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:30:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/39599: sed -i -e '[...]' file saves backup file with extension -e Message-ID: <200206202130.g5KLU6h77623@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/39599; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Oliver Braun <obraun@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/39599: sed -i -e '[...]' file saves backup file with extension -e Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:29:17 -0700 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:00:26PM +0200, Oliver Braun wrote: > If sed(1) is called with -i flag without an extension the following characters > will be used as extension. man sed says: If a zero-length extension is given, > no backup will be saved. I think you actually need to provide the zero-length extension: sed -i "" -e 's/foo/bar/g' filename -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Clearly there are more things in the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * heavens than anyone anticipated. -enp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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