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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:32:29 -0500
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: odd sed behavior
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In-Reply-To: <034a01bf939b$fa1d4760$0a32a8c0@rainsound.com>; from mobrien@pixar.com on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 05:14:28PM -0800

On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 05:14:28PM -0800, Michael O'Brien wrote:
>When using the 20.1 version of cygwin, I'm seeing the following
>strange-ness. From the command prompt:
>
>    F:\>sort  -u  a.msg  |  sed 's/[\\"]/\\&/g;s/.*/\"&\",/'
>    sed: -e expression #1, char 21: Unterminated `s' command
>    The system cannot find the path specified.
>
>    F:\>sort  -u  a.msg  |  sed 's/[\\"]/\\&/g;s/.*/&,/'
>
>Anyone have any ideas why this doesn't work?

I don't believe that B20.1 understands the "'" (apostrophe) quote
character.

cgf


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