Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> I really wonder why the previous ">file+ && mv -f file+ file" dance >> needs to be replaced? > > The sed must be replaced because some versions on Solaris choke on the > incomplete last line in the file. Switching from sed to perl is not being questioned. I think Dscho is asking about the use of "-i", when the original idiom ">target+ && mv -f target+ target" worked perfectly fine. I.e. perl -p -e '...' file >file+ && mv file+ file -- 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