Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:05:26 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, henrich@flnet.com Subject: Re: Sed sillyness (stupid question?) Message-ID: <199812300205.VAA03859@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <19981229175952.44230@orbit.flnet.com>
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> Why doesnt this work:
>
> sed 's,test,te\nst,'
>
> That is when test is found how come sed doesnt actually print the newline
> character? The man page claims it should:
>
> A line can be split by substituting a newline character into it.
> To specify a newline character in the replacement string, precede
> it with a backslash.
>
>
> What obviousness am I missing here, anyone?
>
> Thanks!
I bet you see the actual \n - don't you?
That's because your \n isn't a new-line, it's the backslash character
followed by a letter n. You can verify this with a quick check using
echo.
Try this:
sed "s,test,te
st,"
and - nope ; that's not a mail formatting problem... it's a quoted
string with a new-line in the middle.
- Dave Rivers -
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