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this replaced it with space and not new lines. Output: a b c

simpatico
– simpatico

2011-03-19 14:52:52 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 14:52
@simpatico: Ok - I 'see' the problem now, your example output wasn't formatted correctly.

user591
– user591

2011-03-19 15:01:37 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 15:01
@lain: this doens't work with \n . Did you try it? the \ disappears while the n is appended. a, b --> an b

simpatico
– simpatico

2011-03-19 17:57:44 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 17:57
@simpatico: I did test it and it works ok.

user591
– user591

2011-03-19 18:04:14 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 18:04
@Iain GNU sed and sed (some of which are strictly POSIX-compliant) need not necessarily be the same...And I am pretty sure the functionality you tested is guaranteed on GNU sed only. With the others, it may - or may not - work. Like playing poker. :-)

syntaxerror
– syntaxerror

2015-05-09 02:26:43 +00:00
Commented May 9, 2015 at 2:26

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