sed question...

Gary Kline kline at tao.thought.org
Tue Sep 25 15:39:32 PDT 2007


On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:21:48AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-09-25 11:28, Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org> wrote:
> > Thank you!  This will help me de-code that sed one-liner that was
> > evidently written by a sedexpert. The linux pages help further, but
> > I've found some soild tutorials.  
> 
> Hi Gary.
> 
> A word of caution there...
> 
> If you plan to use GNU/Linux manpages for learning sed(1) be _very_
> cautious for GNU/Linux-specific parts.  There are subtle, yet possibly
> important differences between GNU/Linux sed and BSD sed.
> 
> But I'm sure you know that already, right? :-)
> 


	Sure; that's why, especially when it comes to quasi-common
	untilities, I believe in the ``keep it simple, sir'' philosophy:)

	gary




> Cheers, Giorgos
> 

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