On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:10:34 +0200
Robert Buchholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I already wondered a while back:
> sed only fails if the file does not exist, but not if there was no 
> replacement. Is there any way to force it to?

Off the top of my head...

sed -e '1{x;s/^/0/;x;ta;:a}'
-e 's/$STRING/$REPLACEMENT/'
-e 'Tb;x;s/^/1/;x;:b;${p;x;/^0/Q1;Q0};'
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