Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:56:15 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To: Charles Henrich <henrich@flnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sed sillyness (stupid question?) Message-ID: <19981230105616.7077.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <19981229175952.44230@orbit.flnet.com> of Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:59:52 PST References: <19981229175952.44230@orbit.flnet.com>
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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: But you didn't do what the man page you quoted said: > 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 you need is: sed 's,test,te\ st,' In other words, you need a real backslash character followed by a real newline character -- not some code for it like "\n". And, for the people who posted the wrong answers that I've seen so far, please take the few seconds to check them first ... -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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