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authorClint Adams <clint@debian.org>2013-05-09 01:03:12 -0400
committerClint Adams <clint@debian.org>2013-05-09 01:03:12 -0400
commitd75f3c567505ad7acd2c1943207b367593652739 (patch)
treee519be160770e6b20bfe88eb923ea6aa8edb3e58 /doc/sed.1
parent86bbc911e93efe1f0957ee887182b3d64bb0eec4 (diff)
Imported Upstream version 4.2.2
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--- a/doc/sed.1
+++ b/doc/sed.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.28.
-.TH SED "1" "June 2009" "sed version 4.2.1" "User Commands"
+.TH SED "1" "December 2012" "sed 4.2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sed \- stream editor for filtering and transforming text
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ follow symlinks when processing in place
.HP
\fB\-i[SUFFIX]\fR, \fB\-\-in\-place\fR[=\fISUFFIX\fR]
.IP
-edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)
+edit files in place (makes backup if SUFFIX supplied)
.HP
\fB\-l\fR N, \fB\-\-line\-length\fR=\fIN\fR
.IP
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ long stream.
.IP
load minimal amounts of data from the input files and flush
the output buffers more often
+.HP
+\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-null\-data\fR
+.IP
+separate lines by NUL characters
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ specified, then the standard input is read.
.PP
GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
-E-mail bug reports to: <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
+E-mail bug reports to: <bug-sed@gnu.org>.
Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
.SH "COMMAND SYNOPSIS"
This is just a brief synopsis of \*(sd commands to serve as
@@ -151,25 +155,6 @@ if
.I label
is omitted, branch to end of script.
.TP
-.RI t\ label
-If a s/// has done a successful substitution since the
-last input line was read and since the last t or T
-command, then branch to
-.IR label ;
-if
-.I label
-is omitted, branch to end of script.
-.TP
-.RI T\ label
-If no s/// has done a successful substitution since the
-last input line was read and since the last t or T
-command, then branch to
-.IR label ;
-if
-.I label
-is omitted, branch to end of script. This is a GNU
-extension.
-.TP
c \e
.TP
.I text
@@ -182,9 +167,10 @@ Delete pattern space.
Start next cycle.
.TP
D
-Delete up to the first embedded newline in the pattern space.
-Start next cycle, but skip reading from the input
-if there is still data in the pattern space.
+If pattern space contains no newline, start a normal new cycle as if
+the d command was issued. Otherwise, delete text in the pattern
+space up to the first newline, and restart cycle with the resultant
+pattern space, without reading a new line of input.
.TP
h H
Copy/append pattern space to hold space.
@@ -192,9 +178,6 @@ Copy/append pattern space to hold space.
g G
Copy/append hold space to pattern space.
.TP
-x
-Exchange the contents of the hold and pattern spaces.
-.TP
l
List out the current line in a ``visually unambiguous'' form.
.TP
@@ -229,6 +212,25 @@ and the special escapes \e1 through \e9 to refer to the
corresponding matching sub-expressions in the
.IR regexp .
.TP
+.RI t\ label
+If a s/// has done a successful substitution since the
+last input line was read and since the last t or T
+command, then branch to
+.IR label ;
+if
+.I label
+is omitted, branch to end of script.
+.TP
+.RI T\ label
+If no s/// has done a successful substitution since the
+last input line was read and since the last t or T
+command, then branch to
+.IR label ;
+if
+.I label
+is omitted, branch to end of script. This is a GNU
+extension.
+.TP
.RI w\ filename
Write the current pattern space to
.IR filename .
@@ -238,6 +240,9 @@ Write the first line of the current pattern space to
.IR filename .
This is a GNU extension.
.TP
+x
+Exchange the contents of the hold and pattern spaces.
+.TP
.RI y/ source / dest /
Transliterate the characters in the pattern space which appear in
.I source
@@ -284,7 +289,10 @@ The following address types are supported:
.TP
.I number
Match only the specified line
-.IR number .
+.IR number
+(which increments cumulatively across files, unless the
+.B -s
+option is specified on the command line).
.TP
.IR first ~ step
Match every
@@ -362,21 +370,22 @@ and other sequences.
.SH BUGS
.PP
E-mail bug reports to
-.BR bonzini@gnu.org .
-Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
+.BR bug-sed@gnu.org .
Also, please include the output of ``sed --version'' in the body
of your report if at all possible.
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.br
-This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
-warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
-to the extent permitted by law.
-.PP
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by Jay Fenlason, Tom Lord, Ken Pizzini,
+and Paolo Bonzini.
GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
-E-mail bug reports to: <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
+E-mail bug reports to: <bug-sed@gnu.org>.
Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+.br
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR awk (1),
.BR ed (1),