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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.28.
-.TH SED "1" "December 2012" "sed 4.2.2" "User Commands"
+.TH SED "1" "December 2016" "sed 4.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sed \- stream editor for filtering and transforming text
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -48,14 +48,19 @@ specify the desired line-wrap length for the `l' command
.IP
disable all GNU extensions.
.HP
-\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-regexp\-extended\fR
+\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-regexp\-extended\fR
.IP
-use extended regular expressions in the script.
+use extended regular expressions in the script
+(for portability use POSIX \fB\-E\fR).
.HP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-separate\fR
.IP
-consider files as separate rather than as a single continuous
-long stream.
+consider files as separate rather than as a single,
+continuous long stream.
+.HP
+\fB\-\-sandbox\fR
+.IP
+operate in sandbox mode.
.HP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-unbuffered\fR
.IP
@@ -80,7 +85,6 @@ specified, then the standard input is read.
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-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
a reminder to those who already know \*(sd;
@@ -367,6 +371,9 @@ and similarly for
.BR \ea ,
.BR \et ,
and other sequences.
+The \fI-E\fP option switches to using extended regular expressions instead;
+the -E option has been supported for years by GNU sed, and is now
+included in POSIX.
.SH BUGS
.PP
E-mail bug reports to
@@ -379,9 +386,8 @@ 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-sed@gnu.org>.
-Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2016 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.