cs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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.
I know very little about perl, but "sed -i" is definitely b0rken if
you give it a symlink to the actual file. The original file remains
unchanged, and the symlink gets replaced by the updated file.
--
Bob Nichols Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
