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sed bug search or replace newline chars

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From: Bee <beeyawned <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: sed bug search or replace newline chars
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:21:02 -0700

lubuntu 16.04
sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2

I have recurring files exported from a database with stray newline chars.  I would like to remove them with sed but nothing is changed.

It works to use tr:
cat xxx.txt | tr '\n' '\t' > yyy.txt

These hex and control codes work:
sed -e 'y/\x0d/\x09/' xxx.txt > yyy.txt
sed -e 'y/\r/\x09/' xxx.txt > yyy.txt
sed -e 'y/\r/\t/' xxx.txt > yyy.txt

But these do nothing:
sed -e 'y/\x0a/\x09/' xxx.txt > yyy.txt
sed -e 'y/\n/\x09/' xxx.txt > yyy.txt

Is this a bug?

Bill Muench
Santa Cruz, California

Message #8 received at 24072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Bee <beeyawned <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 24072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24072: sed bug search or replace newline chars
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:49:33 -0400

tag 24072 notabug
close 24072
stop

Hello,

> On Jul 25, 2016, at 23:21, Bee <beeyawned <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have recurring files exported from a database with stray newline chars.  I would like to remove them with sed but nothing is changed.

Please see answer here:
   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/sed-devel/2016-07/msg00021.html


regards,
 - assaf

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