GNU bug report logs - #19842
sed bug: using -e instead of a literal newline in s replacement fails

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Evan Gates <evan.gates <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:52:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

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Message #20 received at 19842 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker <at> t-online.de>
To: 19842 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: sed bug: using -e instead of a literal newline in s replacement fails
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:56:43 +0200

> The following is from POSIX[0]:

> If any -e or -f options are specified, the script of editing commands
> shall initially be empty. The commands specified by each -e or -f
> option shall be added to the script in the order specified.

I think the solution to this mystery might be that the above statement 
is a good deal more strict than people have taken it.  It speaks of 
"commands specified by each -e".  Well, the example case's -e options 
_do_not_ each specify commands.  They each only specify part of one command.

So as I read this, this report is invalid by way of its expectations not 
being backed by the POSIX specification.
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