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Subject: Sed compatibility with GNU Sed
From: Zach Garner <zach@neurosoft.org>
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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


Having to use multiple lines makes it difficult to include in a
Makefile. 

I have seen sed scripts with something like "sed -e '1i\asdf' < foo"
But this gives an error saying that there are extra characters after the
backslash at the end of i command

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this?


Thanks,
Zach Garner




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