GNU bug report logs - #21511
sed not performing as specified

Previous Next

Package: sed;

Reported by: Beagleburt <bruce.gilbert <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log


Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Beagleburt <bruce.gilbert <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: sed not performing as specified
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:14:45 +1200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
MY MISTAKE - I MISUNDERSTOOD THE VIDEO ABOUT sed. PLEASE IGNORE MY "bug"
REPORT! SORRY!

"For we have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of Power; of
Love; & of a Sound Mind." 2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7.

On 18 September 2015 at 18:14, Beagleburt <bruce.gilbert <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I am doing an online course "Introduction to Linux"
> [image: edX] Home Page <https://www.edx.org> LinuxFoundationX: LFS101x.2
> Introduction to Linux
> Chapter 13: Manipulating Text; Section 2. sed & awk
>
> ~$ cat > test1
> This is a Sample Test File for the sed command.
> The sed command is used to edit contents in a file.
> For example, the sed command is used to replace words in a line or file.
> ~$ sed s/is/are/ test1
> Thare is a Sample Test File for the sed command.
> The sed command are used to edit contents in a file.
> For example, the sed command are used to replace words in a line or file.
>
> As you can see above the 1st instance of "is" in "This" is replaced by
> "are" giving "Thare"; BUT the following two lines also have "is" replaced
> by "are" EXCEPT for the "is" after "Thare". It is ALMOST as if I had
> invoked the global: sed s/is/are/g test1 EXCEPT for the 2nd "is" after
> "Thare"?
>
> I am using sed version: sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2
>
> 'b'ye - Bruce Gilbert.
>
>
>
> "For we have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of Power; of
> Love; & of a Sound Mind." 2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7.
>
[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

This bug report was last modified 9 years and 301 days ago.

Previous Next


GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.