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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Question about sed on different systems
Date: 24 Jan 1997 05:46:08 GMT
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org) wrote:
: Rick Kelly wrote:
: > I just tried this on SunOS 4.1.4, NetBSD/i386 1.2, and NetBSD/i386 1.0A.
: > The output in all three cases was nothing.
: Are you sure? May I suggest you do one of the following things:
: 1. Try it on a VERY slow machine.
: 2. Try it in a VERY slow tty.
: 3. Do
: # echo -n "AX" | sed -e 's/X//' > /tmp/foo
: # vi /tmp/foo
: If everything fails, you should consider fixing your system.
Yes, this returns 'A' on every system here except SunOS 4.1.1 running
on a Sun 3/80.
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Rick Kelly rmk@seahag.rmkhome.com rmk@rmkhome.com
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