sed - problem with function 'y' - transform

[Ute Kavanaugh]

Hello,

While trying to run SAM on an 11.11 HP-UX system we encountered
a problem with the GNU sed version 11.00 downloaded from
http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/sed-3.02/.

I was able to reproduce the problem with a simple sed command
on HP-UX 11.00:

# uname -a
HP-UX hercules B.11.00 A 9000/893 399329241 two-user license
# pwd
/usr/bin
# what ./sed
sed:
         $Revision: 80.5 $
# ./sed.gnu -V
GNU sed version 3.02

Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE,
to the extent permitted by law.

# cat /tmp/sed_test
one:two:three:four: :
blue:yellow:green:red: :
# cat /tmp/sed_test | ./sed -e's/:$//' -e'y/:/\n/'
one
two
three
four

blue
yellow
green
red

# cat /tmp/sed_test | ./sed.gnu -e's/:$//' -e'y/:/\n/'
onentwonthreenfourn
bluenyellowngreennredn


It seems that the GNU sed replaces the ':' with a 'n' only,
not recognizing '\n' as a newline character.

Kind regards

Ute
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