Re: [BUG] sed: command "r" wrong behaviour

Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:26:40 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.utils.bugs
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Xose Vazquez Perez <[email protected]> writes:

> - Second case with command "r", It doesn't work.
> $ cat  f2.txt
> 1
> 2
> 3
> $ cat h.txt
> Hello
> $ sed -i '1 r h.txt' f2.txt
> $ cat  f2.txt
> 1
> Hello
> 2
> 3
>
> In second case the line with "Hello" must be the first one,
> like the first case with the command "i"

The r command works like the a command, by *appending* the contents to
the current line, before the *next* line is read.

Andreas.

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