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sed package

  1. Bug #271606
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 271606

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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote : Re: [Bug 271606] Re: sed -i option needs clarification in manpage

I think the issue is just that when looking at the manpage, the meaning of "-
i[SUFFIX]" is unclear, particularly what "[SUFFIX]" means. Normally, multiple
arguments that use a single - can be used together, so the fact that sed
doesn't allow that in the -ir case (but does in the -ri case) is inconsistent
and should have attention brought to it.