Quoting The Wanderer (2019-08-31 14:39:56) > In practice, I'd either use this with 'sed -i [the above expression] > filename' or (more likely) with 'cat filename | sed [the above > expression] > newfilename'.
While wandering(!) off of the original topic, there is also this: cat filename | sed [the above expression] | spong filename ...for writing back (potentially in later iteration) longer pipelines back to same file. sponge is part of Debian package moreutils. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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