On Dez 01 2017, Dan Jacques <dnj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not a `sed` wizard, but perhaps the tool is ignoring the semicolon because > it's in the middle of the "s" expression? The shell may similarly be ignoring it > because it's nested in between single-quotes? As far as POSIX is concerned, semicolons are not special, but can be used to separate commands instead of newlines. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."