Re: sed command grouping brace match problem

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:53:14 +0000, "Caldwell, David (Overwatch Systems)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I saw no evidence that my email to
> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> had any effect, so now I'm trying
> the email address in the sed --version output.
> 
> David
> 
> From: Caldwell, David (Overwatch Systems)
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 7:43 PM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: sed command grouping brace match problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Cygwin with sed version 4.2.1.
> 
> I can't get command grouping to work with both the open & closing braces
> on the same line when one of the commands is "r filename": sed '/pattern/
> { N; N; r fileToInsert }'

That is by design. You have to use either

sed -e '/pattern/ { N; N; r fileToInsert' -e '}'

or a real newline, ie

sed -e '/pattern/ { N; N; r fileToInsert
}'


-- 
D.