On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:53:14 +0000, "Caldwell, David (Overwatch Systems)"
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dcaldwell@...> wrote:
> I saw no evidence that my email to
>
bonzini@...<mailto:
bonzini@...> had any effect, so now I'm trying
> the email address in the sed --version output.
>
> David
>
> From: Caldwell, David (Overwatch Systems)
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:43 PM
> To: '
bonzini@...'
> Subject: sed command grouping brace match problem
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Cygwin with sed version 4.2.1.
>
> I can't get command grouping to work with both the open & closing braces
> on the same line when one of the commands is "r filename": sed '/pattern/
> { N; N; r fileToInsert }'
That is by design. You have to use either
sed -e '/pattern/ { N; N; r fileToInsert' -e '}'
or a real newline, ie
sed -e '/pattern/ { N; N; r fileToInsert
}'
--
D.
