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Subject: sed: altered results in bash and cmd
From: fergus <fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net>
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:22:19 +0000
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To delete all lines beginning with a <space> in a text file, this
command (a) seems correctly composed and (b) works:

	sed '/^ .*$/d' filename

but if I use it in a cmd window, the result is that all lines
_containing_ a space are deleted, not just those beginning with a space.

In general, and assuming PATHs etc correctly set, should not Cygwin
command lines work identically in bash and cmd windows? Is this a
problem with sed, with (my) command line syntax above, or with my
understanding of what should work when?

XP Pro SP2. Thank you.

Fergus




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