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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:59:52 -0800
From: Charles Henrich <henrich@flnet.com>
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Subject: Sed sillyness (stupid question?)
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Why doesnt this work:

sed 's,test,te\nst,' 

That is when test is found how come sed doesnt actually print the newline
character?  The man page claims it should:

             A line can be split by substituting a newline character into it.
             To specify a newline character in the replacement string, precede
             it with a backslash.


What obviousness am I missing here, anyone?

Thanks!

-Crh

       Charles Henrich       Manex Visual Effects       henrich@flnet.com

                       http://orbit.flnet.com/~henrich

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