Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:56:19 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Zach Garner <zach@neurosoft.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sed compatibility with GNU Sed Message-ID: <20020130065619.GB44590@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <1011828158.44952.4.camel@minsky.zachgarner.com> References: <1011828158.44952.4.camel@minsky.zachgarner.com>
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On 2002-01-23 17:22:38, Zach Garner wrote:
> In GNU Sed (textproc/gsed), I can execute the following command which
> will insert "asdf" on the first line of the contents of file foo:
> gsed -e '1i\' -e 'asdf' <foo
>
> This does not work in the sed that comes with FreeBSD. Instead, the only
> way I have been able to do the above is by separating the command on two
> lines:
> sed -e '1i\
> asdf' < foo
Shell quotes are probably bitting you. But what you are trying to do
is easy to emulate with:
( echo asdf ; cat foo )
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