From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 07:40:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D4B1065676 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:40:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150208FC20 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o237e1vt068465 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o237e1Ad068464; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:40:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201003030740.o237e1Ad068464@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26A3106566B for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:31:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A18138FC15 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o237VuQk036456 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:31:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o237VuPX036455; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:31:56 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201003030731.o237VuPX036455@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:31:56 GMT From: Garrett Cooper To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/144441: Confusing error message from sed with 's/.*/d' ": unescaped newline inside substitute pattern X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:40:02 -0000 >Number: 144441 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Confusing error message from sed with 's/.*/d' ": unescaped newline inside substitute pattern >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 03 07:40:01 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: RELENG_8 >Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc >Environment: FreeBSD garrcoop-fbsd.cisco.com 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #2: Wed Feb 3 16:57:07 PST 2010 garrcoop@garrcoop-fbsd.cisco.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LAPPY_X86 i386 >Description: I accidentally misread a web document and thus provided incorrect input to sed. BSD sed failed with a confusing message, but GNU sed led me on to the right track: [garrcoop@garrcoop-fbsd /usr/home/garrcoop]$ sed -i "" -e 's/games:/d' /etc/passwd sed: 1: "s/games:/d ": unescaped newline inside substitute pattern [garrcoop@garrcoop-fbsd /usr/home/garrcoop]$ sed -i "" -e '/games:/d' /etc/passwd sed: /etc/passwd: Permission denied I'm confused where the newline is coming into play. >How-To-Repeat: sed 's/games:/d' /etc/passwd >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: