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Old 06-30-2010
what is the switch to let sed edit and save file
I remember there is a sed switch i can use to edit and save the file at the same time, but i cannot recall it at all.

so instead of

-> sed 's/A/B/' file > file-tmp
-> mv file-tmp file

what can i do to just let sed edit and save the "file"
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Old 06-30-2010
Code:
sed -i

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# 3  
Old 06-30-2010
yappppp!SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie that is what i am looking for, interesting the manpage does not have it!

Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Code:
sed -i

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Old 06-30-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by fedora
yappppp!SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie that is what i am looking for, interesting the manpage does not have it!
Yea, that's weird. Anyway you can remember it as "in place" editing.
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Old 06-30-2010
Quote:
interesting the manpage does not have it!
As far as I know, only GNU sed supports editing in place.
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