On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:06:02AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Bsed is a wrapper for sed. It takes pretty well the same arguments as sed, > but edits files in place. I frequently use it for batch edits; it's very > handy. Example: > > bsed '4s/that/that/' filename.txt > > Replace "this" with "that" on line 4. It essentially does all the redirection > of the first sed with error handling, temp files and such. Note that perl can do a similar edit-in-place, eg perl -ipe 's/this/that/' *.txt -- O Unicef Clearasil! Gibberish and Drivel! - "Bored of the Rings"