Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] Makefile: generate Perl header from template file

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Dec 1, 2017, 18:52 UTC
Message-ID: <87efoe46xe.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
In-Reply-To: <20171201181845.8454-1-dnj@google.com>

On Dez 01 2017, Dan Jacques <dnj@google.com> wrote:

> I am not a `sed` wizard, but perhaps the tool is ignoring the semicolon because
> it's in the middle of the "s" expression? The shell may similarly be ignoring it
> because it's nested in between single-quotes?

As far as POSIX is concerned, semicolons are not special, but can be used to separate commands instead of newlines.

Andreas.

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