Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:22:11 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Benoit Lacherez <blacherez@ac-bordeaux.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does 'sed' delete my input file? Message-ID: <20020531132211.A29199@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020531141421.A72043@bisclavret.iris33.ac-bordeaux.f>; from blacherez@ac-bordeaux.fr on Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:14:21PM %2B0200 References: <20020531130029.B28925@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020531141421.A72043@bisclavret.iris33.ac-bordeaux.f>
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Wow! Lots of fast responses. This is what makes BSD great. Thanks, all. On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:14:21PM +0200, Benoit Lacherez wrote: | The solution is to read the file first, then to write in it : | | cat file1 | sed 's/foo/bar/g' > file1 Perfect! jm -- There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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