sed command separator

[Rob Landley]

On 07/03/2013 06:55:55 AM, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> Just noticed this behaviour:
> 
> With 'sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2':
> 
> $ printf 'foo\nbar baz\n' | sed -e  
> '/baz/!ds/[[:blank:]]*bar[[:blank:]]*//'
> sed: -e expression #1, char 8: extra characters after command
> 
> With 'BusyBox v1.20.2', various archs:
> 
> $ printf 'foo\nbar baz\n' | busybox sed -e  
> '/baz/!ds/[[:blank:]]*bar[[:blank:]]*//'
> baz
> 
> Shouldn't the regex syntax be '/baz/!d;s/...'?
>                                       ^

So you're complaining it _worked_?

Rob