From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 12 18:08:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A900B10656C1 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.161.205.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D608FC08 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n2CI8B0x053309 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: (from david@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.13.8/8.14.1/Submit) id n2CI8BVa053308 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: 3s1.com: david set sender to david@skytracker.ca using -f Received: by 3s1.com (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:00 -0400 To: Kent Stewart Message-ID: <20090312180800.GA53281@skytracker.ca> References: <20090312173436.GA51898@skytracker.ca> <200903121105.56011.kstewart@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200903121105.56011.kstewart@owt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: David Banning X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/9101/Thu Mar 12 11:30:26 2009 on 3s1.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on 3s1.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Banning Subject: Re: sed error "unescaped newline inside substitute pattern" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:08:17 -0000 > Well, it might be because "test" is a command line function. It actually doesn't matter whether I use the word "test" or any other word as a variable