second try at posting, hope I get this one correct.
# REMOVE everything above this line # # # shell script to test sed # # I called this file x # the command I use to run it is sh x # bash is my default sh # #-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 279352 Mar 31 1997 /bin/bash* # # this was written on Slackware 3.4, kernel 2.0.30 # # Red Hat 5.0 kernel 2.0.32 reacts exactly the same. # # This will run 100% on Slackware 3.1, kernel 2.0.0 # also on other unix systems I normally use (Coherent, Fortune, Convergent) # ################################################# ################################################# ################################################# # first problem # multiple writes to same output file, zero file each time echo "1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " | sed ' /^1/w foo.out1 /^1/w foo.out2 /^1/w foo.out2 ' #foo.out1 should hold 10 lines of data #foo.out2 should hold 20 lines of data # (it will mirror out1, this is wrong) ################################################# ################################################# ################################################# # Second problem # multiple writes to same output file are treated like multiple open files. echo "1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " | sed ' /^1/w foo.out1. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. /^1/w foo.out2. ' # sed won't even run this ERROR MSG IS: # sed: Hopelessely evil compiled in limit on number of open files. # re-compile sed ################################################## # Remove everything below this line
