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



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