Re: Sponge [was: Delete all after a pattern]
On 9/3/19, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:17:01PM -0400, Lee wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity,
>> sed 's/foo/bar/g' file > tmpfile && sync && mv tmpfile file
>> seems to be the 'more correct' version of
>> sed 's/foo/bar/g' file > tmpfile && mv tmpfile file
>>
>> Do you ever take it that far or is the "slight risk of data loss in
>> case of a system crash / power loss" so slight that you don't bother?
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> That particular edit was made anonymously.
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> https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls?action=diff&rev1=429&rev2=430
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> I'll admit I do not normally write scripts with that in mind. Shell
> scripting is *hard*.
Yes, shell scripting is hard :( Thanks for making it a bit easier
Lee
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