Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] eutils.eclass: Add awk wrapper - eawk - edit file in place

[Amadeusz Żołnowski]

Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> writes:
> On 18 May 2016 22:25, aidecoe@g.o wrote:
>> awk doesn't have the -i option like sed and if editing file in place is
>> desired, additional steps are required. eawk uses tmp file to make it
>> look to the caller editing happens in place.
>
> what's your real use case ?  i've never once thought "man, i wish i could
> run an awk script and modify a file in place".  and i write awk most days.

The same "sed -i" is used. I have some configs to edit in place in
src_prepare(). It's easier with awk rather than sed.

-- Amadeusz Żołnowski