Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:10:03 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 240556] Synopsis in sed(1) is wrong Message-ID: <bug-240556-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D240556 Bug ID: 240556 Summary: Synopsis in sed(1) is wrong Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: olli@FreeBSD.org CC: doc@FreeBSD.org Created attachment 207455 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D207455&action= =3Dedit Patch for usr.bin/sed/sed.1 Short description: Apparently, when the -u, -i and -I options where added to sed(1), it was forgotten to add them to both lines in the SYNOPSIS section. They were only added to the second line, although they apply to both. Long description: The SYNOPSIS section of the sed(1) manual page contains two distinct usage lines: In the first usage, a separate <command> argument is present. In this case,= the -e and -f options are NOT allowed. In the second usage, one or more commands are specified using one or more -e and/or -f options. In this case, there is NO separate <command> argument. ALL THE OTHER options (except -e and -f) can be used with BOTH usages, including the -u, -i and -I options. This can be easily verified by lookin= g at the source code (usr.bin/sed/main.c), or by just trying it. For example, th= is command works perfectly fine, but it's disallowed by the SYNOPSIS currently: sed -i BAK s/foo/bar/g some_file Please see the attached patch; it fixes the problem. It applies cleanly to both head and stable/12. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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