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On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:21:05 +1000 Stuart Longland |
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<stuartl@××××××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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| Yes... but in the "core utility role" what does sed and ed do? Edit |
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| files & streams. They are scripted editors -- and should be |
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| recognised as such. |
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Actually, ed is used by patch and sed is used to extract patterns from |
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other commands' output. So, I'd say their primary use is core system |
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rather than editing. I mean, if you go by what *can* be done, coreutils |
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would end up in app-editors too. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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