Date: 23 Jan 2002 17:22:38 -0600 From: Zach Garner <zach@neurosoft.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sed compatibility with GNU Sed Message-ID: <1011828158.44952.4.camel@minsky.zachgarner.com>
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In GNU Sed (textproc/gsed), I can execute the following command which
will insert "asdf" on the first line of the contents of file foo:
gsed -e '1i\' -e 'asdf' <foo
This does not work in the sed that comes with FreeBSD. Instead, the only
way I have been able to do the above is by separating the command on two
lines:
sed -e '1i\
asdf' < foo
Having to use multiple lines makes it difficult to include in a
Makefile.
I have seen sed scripts with something like "sed -e '1i\asdf' < foo"
But this gives an error saying that there are extra characters after the
backslash at the end of i command
Does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this?
Thanks,
Zach Garner
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