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# 1  
Old 03-16-2009
sed limitation of 255 characters
Gurus,

sed -e "s/\(.\{1,255\}\)\(.\{1,2\}\)\(.*\)/\1AB\3/" FILE ---this works

sed -e "s/\(.\{1,468\}\)\(.\{1,2\}\)\(.*\)/\1AB\3/" FILE ---this does not

It works only till 1,255 ( any number below 255 works)

Any one know how to increase this limit.

Thanks
Sirababu
# 2  
Old 03-17-2009
one alternative is to use perl - it has no limitations for line size

something like:
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/this/that/' /foo/bar

# 3  
Old 03-17-2009
both lines work fine here
Code:
$ sed --version
GNU sed version 4.1.5
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

If you can't use gnu sed then you could overcome the limit by
Code:
sed -e "s/\(.\{1,255\}\)\(.\{1,213\}\)\(.\{1,2\}\)\(.*\)/\1\2AB\4/" FILE

(added/altered code marked in red)
# 4  
Old 03-17-2009
GNU sed implies no limit on maximum line length
# 5  
Old 03-17-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by wempy
both lines work fine here
Code:
$ sed --version
GNU sed version 4.1.5
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

If you can't use gnu sed then you could overcome the limit by
Code:
sed -e "s/\(.\{1,255\}\)\(.\{1,213\}\)\(.\{1,2\}\)\(.*\)/\1\2AB\4/" FILE

(added/altered code marked in red)
Thanks a lot
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