On 20Nov2005 19:31, gb spam <gbofspam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > 2: You might want bsed: | > | > Page: | > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bsed.html | > | > Script: | > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/bin/bsed | > | > 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. | | check out "sed -i" Only on GNU sed, not standard sed. And probably as busted as "perl -i" (see other post in thread). Bsed is easier to type anyway, and has a few other handy benefits like diff reporting. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The more I know about the WIN32 API the more I dislike it. It is complex and for the most part poorly designed, inconsistent, and poorly documented. - David Korn
