Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:39:13 -0500 From: Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> To: "Paul A. Scott" <pscott@skycoast.us> Cc: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stupid sed question Message-ID: <20021107163913.B92742@cnd.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: Paul A. Scott's message [Re: stupid sed question] as of Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:23:13PM -0800 References: <20021107221324.6d9f92bd.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <B9F019C1.F3A9%pscott@skycoast.us>
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On Nov 07, Paul A. Scott wrote: > > How about echo abc | tr 'b' '\n' ? > > tr substitutes characters only, while sed can work on arbitrary strings and > patterns. My guess is that the example was a simplified expression of a more > general requirement, in which case sed is appropriate and therefore, Yes, exactly. Thanks for the help! --Mat -- Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering? Pinky: I think so, Brain, but if the plural of mouse is mice, wouldn't the plural of spouse be spice? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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