Re: Maximum limit of pipes in a single command ?

[Paul Jarc]

"Keshetti Mahesh" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I modified the script a little bit to concatenate all
> "s/<orig_token>/<new_token>" using pipes and ran single 'sed' at the
> end. But its not working. Thats why I want to know how many pipes
> can I open through a single command.  Also, I have tried
> concatenated the replace commands using ";". Even that is not
> working.

sed's "s" command should be terminated with a final "/".  If nothing
comes after the "s" command, then you can leave out the final "/", but
in your case, you need it:
sed 's/old1/new1/;s/old2/new2/;...'


paul