From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Zach Riggle <zachriggle@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Odd behavior with various (q) array modifiers and non-printable characters (backspace, newline)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:27:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7aOBQmEXcLvp3DDAp-R+0MCJorj42fY_iiy3RF7kVXPuQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP9c5k=MRwfuR_xNzJjUAMO8ds7Kr=OpM2QMD9+A9hLKHu3iw@mail.gmail.com>
One other thing ...
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 1:29 PM Zach Riggle <zachriggle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> $ mysed=( gsed "s/\ba\b/x/" )
>
> $ echo "aaaa a aaa" | "${mysed[@]}"
> aaaa x aaa
The string \b does not mean backspace in a GNU sed pattern, it means
"word boundary". I can't tell from your context whether you think the
replacement was incorrect.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-11 21:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-11 20:29 Zach Riggle
2021-08-11 21:16 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-08-11 21:42 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-08-11 23:25 ` Zach Riggle
2021-08-12 0:22 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-08-12 0:34 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-08-12 13:34 ` Ray Andrews
2021-08-12 0:36 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-08-14 15:52 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-10-19 19:17 ` Zach Riggle
2021-10-21 14:24 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-10-21 15:23 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-08-11 21:27 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
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