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From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
To: Oliver Wilson <owilson@CAM.ORG>
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Subject: Re: SED remove from live file
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Oliver Wilson writes:
 > Here a way using a script with the following contents...
 > 
 > #!/usr/local/bin/ksh
 > # 
 > for fname in $*
 > 	do
 > 		sed "s/\.//" $fname > $fname"x"
 > 		mv $fname"x" $fname
 > 	done
 > #
 > 
 > ...and is executed as follows:
 > $ <scriptname> <filename expression>
 > 
 > This script will remove "." 's from one or multiple files.
 > ...I think there's a bug in FreeBSD 'sed' implementation ;)

I think you need to escape the backslash in the quoted expression on
your sed command.  You're telling sed to remove ".", which matches any
character.  Try

	sed "s/\\.//" $fname > $fname"x"

-- 
          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
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