GNU bug report logs - #20571
sed 4.2.2

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Massimo Masotti <max.mas <at> libero.it>

Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 09:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Massimo Masotti <max.mas <at> libero.it>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: sed 4.2.2
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 10:19:43 +0200 (CEST)

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Good morning,

the file contains "8.25F, \n". I notice a strange behavior with this line:

sed -i -r 's/([0-9])F([,; \]\}\)])/\1\2/g'  file

while I'm expecting to get "8.25, \n", the content is not changed. To get the expected substitution, I must use:

sed -i -r 's/([0-9])F([,; \}\)])/\1\2/g'  file

as if it is not legal to use the escaped character  ']'.

Thanks for your time; I apologize if I'm wrong.

Best Regards


Massimo Masotti - Italy






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