Re: exclude atom from being matched (multiple letters)

On Thu, 09 May 2013 10:44:57 +0200, Thierry Blanc <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Can sed negate matching an atom, i.e. multiple letters?
> 
> Example: match any line starting with foo, but NOT ending with a dot 
> followd by zero or more spaces
> 
> (end of line marked with $)
> 
> foo rhabarber etc .$
> foo rhabarber etc .    $
> foo rhabarber etc$
> foo rhabarber etc     $
> 
> 
> only match third and forth line.
> 
> atom is:
> (\. *)
> 
> negate atom???
> sed '/foo.*^(\. *)$/  # does not work, of course, matches beginning of
> line

Why not do

sed '/^foo/{ /\. *$/b; process matching lines here; }

-- 
D.