> Since `{' and `}' are technically sed directives in their own right, aah, yes. Badly documented in `sed.info'.
> Even better, might be to rewrite the sed expression as > > s/^.* \([^ ]\+\)$/\1/;1q > > thus avoiding the braces altogether. Done. Thanks for the suggestion! > I found I had to rewrite that sed expression as > > sed '/HAVE_PROCESS_H/{;N;h;N;g;D;}' ${srcdir}/$$f \ > > to make it work reliably with the GNU sed 3.02, provided with > MinGW/MSYS; (actually, I didn't *need* the semicolon after the `{', > but I *did* need the one after the `D'). Aah, please send a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the word `sed' must be in the `Subject:' field). For example, the `;' command to separate sed commands isn't documented at all, only examples are given. Werner _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff