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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