From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:16:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t9001: avoid not portable '\n' with sed
Message-ID: <87wqcw1o5o.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20140604184604.GC14457@serenity.lan>

John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:

> So the portable way to do it is:
>
> 	sed "s/^From:/$header: extra@address.com\
> From:/" cover-to-edit.patch >"$cover" &&

That wouldn't work as \<newline> is removed in double quotes.  You
either need to double the backslash or put it in single quotes.

Andreas.

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