Re: [PATCH] Add test cases for git-am

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Jun 2, 2008, 17:53 UTC
Message-ID: <484433A2.7080600@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <20080531220723.GD5907@leksak.fem-net>

Stephan Beyer wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
>> "git grep 'tail.*+' -- '*.sh'" says that this will the first and only
>> instance of "tail -n +<number>".  The syntax may be POSIX but not all
>> /usr/bin/tail unfortunately knows about it.
>>
>> I tend to prefer "sed -n -e '3,$p'" for things like this for portability.
> 
> I'm fine with that, but I sometimes wonder if systems that do not like
> "tail -n +3" really tend to like a "sed -n -e '3,$p'" :)
>

I have yet to come across a sed which doesn't support -n, the range specifier and the p command, so yes, "sed -n -e '3,$p'" is very portable indeed.

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