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Subject: Re: OT: sed + exit status
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Hi,

Am Samstag, 14. Feb 2009, 08:53:42 -0500 schrieb Robert Huff:
> According to the man page:
> 
> EXIT STATUS
>      The sed utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
> 
> 
> However, what constitutes "success" is undefined.

A short peek at the source code reveals: An exit code of 1 will be
returned when (1) the -? option or an unknown one requested a
usage message and (2) the input file cannot be opened.

Bertram


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