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From: | Mike <no AT please DOT dont DOT invalid> |
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Subject: | GNU sed question |
Date: | Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:05:56 -0400 |
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Why does sed change all the first occurences of AA on each line to ZZ? I expect sed to change only the first line: C:\>cat a AAoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooooooooooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo C:\>sed s/^AA/ZZ/ a ZZoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooZZoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooZZooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooZZoooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooooooooooZZoooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo Using \` instead works just fine: C:\>sed s/\`AA/ZZ/ a ZZoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo ooooooooooAAoooooooooooooooooooooooAAooooooooooooo The sed version is 4.2.1 from delorie.com. The computer is running XP. Thanks for your input, Mike
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