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On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 01:03:40PM -0400, fbsd_user wrote:
>=20
> I get this error "printf missing format character"
>=20
> Does sed need different syntax or have I got it all wrong?

Issue the following command and be enlightend:

man 1 printf

Or just use 'echo' instead.

Roland
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