Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Oliver Braun <obraun@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/39599: sed -i -e '[...]' file saves backup file with extension -e Message-ID: <200206202210.g5KMA3e85747@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/39599; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Oliver Braun <obraun@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de>
To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/39599: sed -i -e '[...]' file saves backup file with extension -e
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:35:59 +0200
* Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> [2002-06-20 23:30]:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:00:26PM +0200, Oliver Braun wrote:
> > If sed(1) is called with -i flag without an extension the following characters
> > will be used as extension. man sed says: If a zero-length extension is given,
> > no backup will be saved.
> I think you actually need to provide the zero-length extension:
> sed -i "" -e 's/foo/bar/g' filename
OK. I see. I think I have missunderstood the manpage. I assumed that a
zero-length extension == no extension.
=> This PR can be closed.
Regards,
Olli
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