Your bug report #28056: Substitution doing global when it should not. which was filed against the sed package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 28056@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 28056: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28056 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems