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'sed -i' syntax not working for Terminal
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<blockquote data-quote="wues" data-source="post: 1321523" data-attributes="member: 221805"><p>The version of sed included in Mac OS X requires an argument for -i command line option. The argument is the extension for backup file. So you need to use</p><p></p><p>sed -i '.bak' '2s/blah/the/' tmp.txt</p><p></p><p>to edit tmp.txt in-place and storing backup in tmp.txt.bak. If you do not want backup it is</p><p></p><p>sed -i '' '2s/blah/the/' tmp.txt</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p>Wojtek</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wues, post: 1321523, member: 221805"] The version of sed included in Mac OS X requires an argument for -i command line option. The argument is the extension for backup file. So you need to use sed -i '.bak' '2s/blah/the/' tmp.txt to edit tmp.txt in-place and storing backup in tmp.txt.bak. If you do not want backup it is sed -i '' '2s/blah/the/' tmp.txt HTH, Wojtek [/QUOTE]
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