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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    [gentoo-user] Re: OT: global search and replace
From:       Alexander Skwar <listen () alexander ! skwar ! name>
Date:       2004-09-10 4:23:45
Message-ID: 41412C51.7090800 () von ! digitalprojects ! com
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Billy Holmes wrote:
> Alexander W. Skwar wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>	sed -i 's/oldhostname/newhostname/g' "${FILE}"
>>>
>>>perl makes this easier..
>>
>>In how far?
> 
> 
> it takes care of the backup files for you, perl's -i does't create 
> backups unless you specify an extension like -i.bak

Okay, and how does that differ from sed? If you'd read the man page
of sed, you'd find:

       -i[suffix], --in-place[=suffix]

              edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)

No extension (==suffix), no backup.

> therefore, no need for a block of shell code to remove the tmp files. 
> thus easier in this case means less work.

Yes. That block's redundant.

Alexander Skwar
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