Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:39:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sed question... Message-ID: <20070925223927.GA58753@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20070925222147.GB2513@kobe.laptop> References: <20070925013723.GA50027@thought.org> <200709250931.05367.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <20070925165844.GD50519@thought.org> <200709252038.50704.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <20070925182855.GH50519@thought.org> <20070925222147.GB2513@kobe.laptop>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 01:21:48AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-09-25 11:28, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote:
> > Thank you! This will help me de-code that sed one-liner that was
> > evidently written by a sedexpert. The linux pages help further, but
> > I've found some soild tutorials.
>
> Hi Gary.
>
> A word of caution there...
>
> If you plan to use GNU/Linux manpages for learning sed(1) be _very_
> cautious for GNU/Linux-specific parts. There are subtle, yet possibly
> important differences between GNU/Linux sed and BSD sed.
>
> But I'm sure you know that already, right? :-)
>
Sure; that's why, especially when it comes to quasi-common
untilities, I believe in the ``keep it simple, sir'' philosophy:)
gary
> Cheers, Giorgos
>
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