Package: sed Version: 4.2.1-9 Severity: normal The following script inserts the contents of a file after the first occurrence of a regex:
~$ { seq 1 3 ; seq 1 3 ; } | sed -n -e 'p ; /2/!b ; r /etc/hostname' -e ':loop ; n ; p ; b loop' 1 2 feather 3 1 2 3 If I combine the two -e arguments using a semicolon, the script stops working: ~$ { seq 1 3 ; seq 1 3 ; } | sed -n -e 'p ; /2/!b ; r /etc/hostname ; :loop ; n ; p ; b loop' 1 2 3 1 2 3 If I combine the two -e arguments using a newline, the script works: ~$ { seq 1 3 ; seq 1 3 ; } | sed -n -e 'p ; /2/!b ; r /etc/hostname :loop ; n ; p ; b loop' 1 2 feather 3 1 2 3 Possibly the 'r' command doesn't know when to stop reading the filename? - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages sed depends on: ii dpkg 1.16.0 Debian package management system ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-6 Manage installed documentation in ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.98-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries sed recommends no packages. sed suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org