03-12-2012
Thanks for the feedback. I looked up the latest POSIX specification and I think indeed newlines should be used instead of semicolons...
Quote:
Historically, the sed ! and } editing commands did not permit multiple commands on a single line using a <semicolon> as a command delimiter. Implementations are permitted, but not required, to support this extension.
sed: rationale
There is also this passage:
Quote:
Command verbs other than {, a, b, c, i, r, t, w, :, and # can be followed by a <semicolon>, optional <blank> characters, and another command verb[..]
Editing Commands in sed
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NAME
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SEE ALSO
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