Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:21:23 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shell script help Message-ID: <20050731002123.GA4148@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <6F3E35504F64CB7D16926AA4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> References: <E9E44D6085C02C80E233D138@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <20050730065757.GA96641@holestein.holy.cow> <6F3E35504F64CB7D16926AA4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>
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in message <6F3E35504F64CB7D16926AA4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>,
wrote Paul Schmehl thusly...
>
> --On July 30, 2005 2:57:57 AM -0400 Parv <parv@pair.com> wrote:
>
> >in message <E9E44D6085C02C80E233D138@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>,
> >wrote Paul Schmehl thusly...
...
> >>@${SED} -e '/man\.macros/r man.macros' -e '/man\.macros/d'
> >>${WRKSRC}/doc/${f} \
> >> > ${WRKDIR}/${f}
...
> >In the 1st part, sed sends the output of file 'man.macros' to
> >standard out if it exists (otherwise no worries) when sed sees
> >the 'man\.macros' pattern.
> >
> >And the 2d part, just deletes that pattern.
...
> Thanks! That was the answer. I had to fiddle with it for a while
> before I understood what it was doing, but it does exactly what I
> need it to do now.
Your welcome; i apologize if my reply was cryptic.
But then i was working direclty from the man page as my sed-fu is ok
but not great. (:
- Parv
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