Re: sed

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:26:22AM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> I'm trying to use 'sed' version 3.02 with the following command line on
> dos:
> sed -e "s/ /\n/g" my_file

This syntax is supported in GNU sed 4.x only.

With sed 3.x you have to create a two line file cmd.sed:

s/ /\
/g

(Yes, the first line ends with a backslash.)
and run
        sed -f cmd.sed my_file

Happy sedding,
        Stepan Kasal