* Mark Ferlatte (ferlatte@cryptio.net) [030904 15:16]: > Couldn't help it: > > "Useless use of cat award!" > > Olivier Robert said on Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 12:08:08AM +0200: > > : :' : # cat Earth | sed -e s/microsoft/debian/g > Better_World > > > sed -e s/microsoft/debian/g < Earth > Better_World Or this less-frequently-seen form: < Earth sed -e s/microsoft/debian/g > Better_World I prefer it on the one hand because it's a more accurate visual representation of the logical data pipeline, but it is less idiomatic. Of course, sed can take a filename, so this is probably the best: sed -e s/microsoft/debian/g Earth > Better_World Although, I think the regex replacement might be too simplistic. Would "Debian Windows XP" really make the world a better place? ;-) How about s/microsoft//g ? good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- #include<stdio.h> int main() { puts("Reader! Think not that \n" "technical information \n" "ought not be called speech;"); return 0; }
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