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Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:31:04 -0400
From:	"D. Richard Hipp" <drh AT acm DOT org>
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To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
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Subject:	Re: "sed" bug?
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Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> > The following script works under Linux but fails on
> > Cygwin20 running under Windows95:
> >
> >   #! /bin/sh
> >   echo 'E:/a/b/c' | sed 's,^\([a-zA-Z]\):/,//\1/,'
> >
> > Under Linux the output is "//E/a/b/c".  Under Cygwin20,
> > the output is "E:/a/b/c".  That's if I run the script from
> > a file.  (The same file -- samba mounted off of the Linux
> > machine.)  If I type the command in directly at the
> > shell prompt, it works correctly on both machines.
> >
> 
> Does the command work interactively under sh vs bash?  

I don't understand.  "sh" is "bash" on both Linux and
Cygwin20, is it not?  I'm not running csh if that is
what you are asking.

> Try quoting the : in the sed search string.

Just tried it.  It didn't help.  Thanks for the suggestion,
though.

-- 
D. Richard Hipp -- drh AT acm DOT org -- http://www.hwaci.com/drh/

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