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Date:      Sat, 18 Feb 1995 06:46:17 -0600
From:      Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com>
To:        John Utz <spaz@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD hackerlist <FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com>
Subject:   Re: Is something amiss in sed on 2.0 -R ? 
Message-ID:  <199502181246.GAA17017@bonkers.taronga.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Feb 95 01:22:11 PST." <Pine.OSF.3.91a.950218011932.8218A-100000@saul3.u.washington.edu> 

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> cat xxfoo | sed -e s/$/\\/ > xxfoo.c
> sed: 1: "s/$/\/": unterminated substitute in regular expression

Look like you're suffering from quoting hell. Try adding more backslashes
or quote the expression so the shell quits breaking things for you.



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