RE: bug when processing binary file for gnu win32 sed

Please try this file as below I did:    c:\Pim\test\test.old>sed -b -i "s/00000000000000000000000000000000/11111111111111111111111111111111/g" MySilu.Mp4-029.torrentAnd attached pic is the result, with the right is original file.

Wang Hongqi

 

> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 15:51:04 +0200
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> Subject: Re: bug when processing binary file for gnu win32 sed
> 
> Il 18/06/2012 17:20, Eli Zaretskii ha scritto:
> >> sed will expend "0A" to "0D0A" even if I specify the option "-b"
> >> as below:  sed -b -i "s/<source>/<target>/g" Myfile.datthat is
> >> not what I expected since I am dealing with some binary files
> >> but it will break the format. version: 4.2.1download url:
> >> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm thanks.
> > 
> > It's a bug in the GnuWin32 port of Sed, not in Sed itself.
> 
> "-b" is part of GNU sed now, but I believe this particular bug has been
> fixed.
> 
> Paolo