Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:52:04 +0200, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Isn't a more conventional way to do that >> >> sed -e '...' "$1" >"$1".new >> mv "$1".new "$1" >> >> ? > > Is sed -i not portable or what is the reason not to use it? It is a GNUism so it is not portable (check POSIX.1 before asking), and that is the reason to avoid it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html