>> > > Im trying to test this from the console and I seem to have a problem with the > following command (using sed-4.1.4-7 from debian sid): > > "sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/ { s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/; p }' config.h" > > This returns nothing. > > "sed -ne '/define APIVERSION/ { s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/; p }' config.h" > > This returns: > > 1.3.48 > > Is that right? Removing one of the "$" seems to fix it.. > Sorry, I meant to say this command returns nothing: sed -ne '/define VDRVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$$/\1/p' config.h and this command works: sed -ne '/define VDRVERSION/s/^.*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/p' config.h BR.