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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new version hook script examples
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Zenaan Harkness |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new version hook script examples |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:13:30 +1000 |
On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 03:47, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:26:54PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > sed -e "s/$VERSION_SED_STRING/$RELEASE_DATE/" D.java > D.java
>
> I'm surprised if this works as you (seem to) expect. I worry that the
> redirection will nuke the content of the file before it is opened by
> sed. Either use (relatively) recent gnu sed with the -i flag or
> something like this:
>
> sed -e "s/$VERSION_SED_STRING/$RELEASE_DATE/" D.java > ,D.java && \
> mv ,D.java D.java
I was thinking that too you know ... but empirically, it works,
so I never bothered adding the redirection.
cheers
zen