GNU bug report logs - #50361
Error in first example in documentation

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Robert Spanjaard <r.spanjaard <at> arumes.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 19:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Spanjaard <r.spanjaard <at> arumes.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Error in first example in documentation
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 20:26:19 +0200

On this website...

https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html#Invoking-sed

In 2.1, the very first example in the documentation states that...

	sed 's/hello/world/' input.txt > output.txt

... replaces ALL occurences of 'hello' to 'world in input.txt.

But the g flag is missing. The provided command only replaces the FIRST 
occurence.

-- 
Kind regards,

Robert Spanjaard
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