2009/9/28 Joerg Bergmann <email@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Am 28.09.2009 21:07, schrieb Sharpe, Sam J: >> You specified that BB was to be /replaced/ with BBBB1, so you will >> need to do this: >> >> [sam@samlap Desktop]$ sed -e '/BB/R file2' -e '/BB/d' file1 > > This code may fail in case file 2 contains a line with BB only, > in that case the replacement will be removed too. Always best to check your statements before you criticise my code. Because of the way sed works, the second -e operates on the original line and not the replaced one, you are wrong and I am (still) correct. [sam@samlap Desktop]$ cat file1 AA BB CC DD AA BB CC DD [sam@samlap Desktop]$ cat file2 BBBB1 BB BBBB3 [sam@samlap Desktop]$ sed -e '/BB/R file2' -e '/BB/d' file1 AA BBBB1 CC DD AA BB CC DD If you wanted to be totally correct, you should actually do: $ sed -e '/^BB$/R file2' -e '/^BB$/d' file1 Laterz, Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
