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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: Chop and replace method??
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On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 18:54:25 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>   I am using Fedora Linux, with sed-4.2.2-9.fc21.x86_64
> Sorry, I did not mean to cause any confusion. As old as sed is,
> I was not expecting the args to be so different.
> Did not know that the freebsd sed does not have this arg.

It's always helpful to check "man awk" for available options.
In case you need the "Linux awk" on FreeBSD, just install gawk
(GNU awk) from ports.



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