Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 8/21/2020 8:37 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:35:35PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > No.  Use $'...' instead of '...'.
> >
> > sed '/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file
>
> Crap.  Of course I meant to write
>
> sed $'/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file

Okay, it uses the same syntax as for a subshell '$()'.

Next step is to find a way in which I can use variable substitution.

I appriciate your help Greg.


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John Doe