On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 05:14:15AM +0800, csj wrote:
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> >
> > >>On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 07:39:39AM -0700, Ric Otte wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Hi, I would like to run all of the files in some directories
> > >>>through sed, in order to edit the files. I can do it for
> > >>>individual files by typing: cat filename|sed command>filename
> > >>>But that requires me to run that command for each file. I
> > >>>was wondering if anyone could 1) give me a reference to a
> > >>>simple bash tutorial that will explain how to set up a script
> > >>>to do things like this,
...
>
> sed -i -f sed_script *.foo
>
> ...
That's nice, but the version of sed available with woody/stable doesn't
provide that option. What version are you using?
$ sed -i
sed: invalid option -- i
Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
...
$ dpkg -l sed
...
ii sed 3.02-8 The GNU sed stream editor.
$ sed -V
GNU sed version 3.02
Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
to the extent permitted by law.
>From a search on packages.debian.org:
Release Package (size)
stable sed 3.02-8 (100.4k)
The GNU sed stream editor.
testing sed 4.0.7-1 (184k)
The GNU sed stream editor
unstable sed 4.0.7-1 (184k)
The GNU sed stream editor
Ken
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University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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