Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:04:39 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: silly sed question Message-ID: <20010924130441.D399537B40C@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010924224044.Q10641@k7.mavetju.org> References: <20010924115816.EE2F637B418@hub.freebsd.org> <20010924224044.Q10641@k7.mavetju.org>
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On Monday 24 September 2001 2:40 pm, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:58:12PM +0200, Mark Rowlands wrote: > > I have a string > > > > TARGETS='blob1 blob2 blob3' > > > > and I wish to use to change this to > > > > TARGETS='blob1 blob2 blob3 blob4' > > > > for a multitude of files. > > > > I am having problems with the quotes > > > > sed -e '/^TARGETS s/'$/blob4'/' myfile > > You should use \' here: > sed -e '/^TARGETS s/\'$/blob4\'/' myfile tried that :- I just get a > prompt -- my .sig is broken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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