Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:05:23 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Charles Henrich <henrich@flnet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sed sillyness (stupid question?) Message-ID: <4.1.19981229180440.00a49ac0@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <19981229175952.44230@orbit.flnet.com>
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At 05:59 PM 12/29/98 , Charles Henrich wrote: >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? Maybe you need to escape the backslash itself, like sed 's,test,te\\nst,' --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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