Re: sed, bash script

[csj <csj@zapo.net>]

At Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:12:49 -0800,
Ken Irving wrote:

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> > sed -i -f sed_script *.foo

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> That's nice, but the version of sed available with woody/stable
> doesn't provide that option.  What version are you using?
> 
>     $ sed -i 
>     sed: invalid option -- i
>     Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
>     ...
>     $ dpkg -l sed
>     ...
>     ii  sed                 3.02-8              The GNU sed stream editor.

sed 4.0.7-1

Yes, this is the version installed from testing.  I had assumed
it was an old feature I had simply overlooked.  But sed's
dependencies are quite light:

apt-cache show sed | grep -i depend
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1)

So unless woody has a more backward-minded libc6, you can
probably get away installing the sarge version.  If not, you
could always try rebuilding the latest version from the debian
source.

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