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Old 03-29-2005
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Originally Posted by esham
Hi Tanku..

Can u explain the usage


dont know the swiches -e:a -e
then ta
P;D

please help

thanks in advance
esham
i stole it from handy one-liners for sed. the problem was similar to the example of a line that begins with an equal sign (sed -e :a -e '$!N;s/\n=/ /;ta' -e 'P;D')

-e cmd
Next argument is an editing command. Useful if multiple scripts or commands are specified.

:label
Label branched to by t or b.
b
Branch to label or to end of script.
t
Same as b, but branch only after substitution.

P
Print first part (up to embedded newline) of multiline pattern space created by N command. Same as p if N has not been applied to a line.

D
Delete the first part (up to embedded newline) of multi-line pattern space created by N command and resume editing with first command in script. If this command empties the pattern space, a new line of input is read, as if the d command had been executed.

of course you can also read the friendly manual
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CHECKBASHISMS(1)                                              General Commands Manual                                             CHECKBASHISMS(1)

NAME

       checkbashisms - check for bashisms in /bin/sh scripts

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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