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Re: multiline M regexp extension not working in gnu sed 4.2.1?
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Ryan B |
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Re: multiline M regexp extension not working in gnu sed 4.2.1? |
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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:08:58 -0700 |
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Ralf Wildenhues
<Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> wrote:
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> There is a misunderstanding here. The M modifier does not change the
> line-oriented operation mode of sed. In order to to multi-line
> matching, you first need to get more than one line into pattern space,
ah! yes, that was the misunderstanding. thanks!