Re: Nice easy sed question

On 9/11/25 18:04, Kurt Hackenberg wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 11:14:50PM +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> 
>> With an -i in any variations of the first two (single command or two -e -e) I just get errors like:
>>
>> ": invalid command code e
>> ": extra characters at the end of N command
>> ": extra characters after \ at the end of a command
> 
> Because you put the command line in the wrong order? Just looking at the man page, apparently most one-letter flags come before the editing command, but -I and -i come after it. Peculiar.
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>       sed [-Ealnru] command [-I extension] [-i extension] [file ...]
>       sed [-Ealnru] [-e command] [-f command_file] [-I extension]
>           [-i extension] [file ...]
> 
> I haven't tested this. Haven't looked at the newline problem, either.
> 

The synopsis and usage string don't seem to be based in reality all the way back to BSD 4.4 Lite,
the original usage here is technically fine.

Thanks,

Kyle Evans