Hello: I¡¯m not sure whether it¡¯s gnu sed¡¯s bug, but it just behaves different with Mac OS X : gnu sed(/usr/local/bin/sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2): ~ $ echo ''| /usr/local/bin/sed -E 's/\ Mac 10.11.3 sed(/usr/bin/sed): ~ $ echo ''| /usr/bin/sed -E 's/\