Re: Sed newline

[Aharon Robbins]

In article <address@hidden> you write:
>I understand that sed is supposed to allow you to insert a newline via
>the s command, by putting backslash and an actual end of line in a
>script.
> 
>Here, it works under tcsh and sh, but not bash (which is the local
>default).
>With bash, for the script:
> 
>#!/bin/tcsh
^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the key line. This causes the *kernel* to use /bin/tcsh
to run the program.

># test if sed can insert a newline.
>cat $* | sed 's/here/\
>here/g'

Here's what I get an interactive bash:

        $ sed 's/here/\
        > here/g'
        look here guys!         <--- my input
        look                    <--- sed output
        here guys!

If you change the #! line to reference /bin/bash or /bin/sh, you
shouldn't have any problems.

Arnold
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