Re: Need a little help with Linux sed please.

"Jim Hill [email protected] [sed-users]" <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 23:13:10 -0700
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Eliminating all redundancies,

    sed 's@.*show=@@' showimages

The `-e` isn't needed in front of the first commandline script, and if
you're not trying to get the shell to further substitute in a
nontrivial string, put it in single quotes, and `sed`'s perfectly
capable of opening files itself, you don't need to get `cat` to do it
for you.

That doesn't error for me. I suspect you've got some editor or whatnot
that's not showing you what's really in the file, both my eyeballs and
my `sed` like what you've posted just fine, the tenth character of
what you posted is the second `@`, and can't provoke the message
you're seeing.

Also, your prose doesn't match your code: you say ~delete garbage
through "showimages~ but your command will delete garbage through
"show=".

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      <p>Eliminating all redundancies,<br>
<br>
sed &#39;s@.*show=@@&#39; showimages<br>
<br>
The `-e` isn&#39;t needed in front of the first commandline script, and if<br>
you&#39;re not trying to get the shell to further substitute in a<br>
nontrivial string, put it in single quotes, and `sed`&#39;s perfectly<br>
capable of opening files itself, you don&#39;t need to get `cat` to do it<br>
for you.<br>
<br>
That doesn&#39;t error for me. I suspect you&#39;ve got some editor or whatnot<br>
that&#39;s not showing you what&#39;s really in the file, both my eyeballs and<br>
my `sed` like what you&#39;ve posted just fine, the tenth character of<br>
what you posted is the second `@`, and can&#39;t provoke the message<br>
you&#39;re seeing.<br>
<br>
Also, your prose doesn&#39;t match your code: you say ~delete garbage<br>
through &quot;showimages~ but your command will delete garbage through<br>
&quot;show=&quot;.<br>
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