Posted by Roy Schestowitz on 12/20/79 11:46

__/ [ Toby Inkster ] on Sunday 30 April 2006 12:14 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> That 'script', by the way, is a derivative of something that /you/ once
>> wrote in an answer to my question.
>
> Really? I can't imagine I would have written something as fancy as that as
> a shell script. For anything that involves loops and logic, I tend to
> immediately switch to Perl.


With respect, there was nothing overly sophisticated in your previous
suggestion. I just never knew anything about sed. Then you provided me with
a useful, extensible template/example. I needed such a tool for editing
files /en masse/.

http://schestowitz.com/Software/Search_and_Replace/ (it's not "software", but
it didn't fit anywhere else)


> You might want to look at replacing this:
>
> sed 'script' file >file.xxxxx
> mv file.xxxxx file
>
> with this:
>
> sed -i 'script' file
>
> From "man sed":
>
>
> -i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
>
> edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)


Thanks. To be honest, my filthy beast *grin* is doing its work reliably
enough and completes the task within a few seconds. I fear change that
involves subsequent testing, but will keep your kind advice close to hand.

Best wishes,

Roy

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