Re: sed append question

["Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The "a" command expects to be followed by a "\", so it's eating the
>one in your first "\t". If you add another "\" it seems to work as you
>want it to:
>
>$ echo string | sed '/string/a \\tstuff\t\t\tmorestuff'
>string
>        stuff                   morestuff
>$

Ah ffs, lol...
It would also help if I emailed what I was typing.
I use so many versions, I get mixed up. I typed the email with <'> but
wrote <"> in the console which is why I couldn't make it work.

'/string/a \\tstuff\t\t\tmorestuff' != "/string/a \\tstuff\t\t\tmorestuff"

Thanks Filipe!
jlc
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