From:	jlrubin AT bway DOT net (Josh Rubin)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	sed hates me
Date:	Sun, 07 Jun 1998 15:21:05 GMT
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Sed vewsion 1.18 doesn't seem to like backspaces in
regular expressions. 

sed --expression='s/\b//g'  file > output 
leaves backspaces untouched. - try it on a formatted man page.

sed --expression='s/x\b//g' 
removes the 'x' but leaves the backspace!

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a sed bug, or
this this specific to the DJGPP port?

Josh Rubin
jlrubin AT bway DOT net

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