Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 07:49:52 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: kjell@la3sg.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed in script Message-ID: <20011203074952.A11533@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <3C0A2020.10356.110DA70@localhost>; from kmidtset@c2i.net on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 12:35:44PM -0000 References: <3C0A2020.10356.110DA70@localhost>
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 12:35:44PM -0000, Kjell wrote:
[...]
> When I save the following sequence in the file motdclean:
> ====
> ed -s /etc/motd <<XXX
> 3
> .,$d
> i
> line 1
> line 2
> .
> w
> q
> XXX
> ====
> and type the command
> # sh motdclean
> the deleate command is ignored, and the entire original motd is copied.
The shell is trying to expand "$d", and coming back with an empty
string. You could try changing that particular line to ".,\$d" and see
what happens.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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