Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Akim Demaille wrote: >> How about cp FILE.in FILE and then perform the transformation from >> FILE.in's contents to (>) FILE? > > This will not work correctly on Windows. At best, it will throw an > error because FILE is locked (being read by sed) while the > is trying > to open it for writing. FILE wouldn't be read by sed; FILE.in would. cp FILE.in FILE # for permissions (use -p?) sed '...' < FILE.in > FILE # for content paul
