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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:45:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygwin's vanilla sed : capabilities and limitations
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net wrote:
>
> > Q2. Is there a way using the supplied sed without major enhancements to
> > change "abc x def" to "def x abc": that is, to grab two distinct portions
> > and swap them (using $1,$2 or \1,\2 or whatever).
>
> Sure.  's/^\(.*\) x \(.*\)$/'.

Oops!  Make that 's/^\(.*\) x \(.*\)$/\2 x \1/'.
	Igor
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