John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > So the portable way to do it is: > > sed "s/^From:/$header: extra@xxxxxxxxxxx\ > From:/" cover-to-edit.patch >"$cover" && That wouldn't work as \<newline> is removed in double quotes. You either need to double the backslash or put it in single quotes. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- 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