From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:59:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle
Message-ID: <87y55dys2o.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <CAP30j15+E4cz_kwJwaSH7-3agwC5J3jGNfaixSUg2=8xAzZoQg@mail.gmail.com>

Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com> writes:

> It's an escape. Without it, sed throws:

The shell removes it before sed can see it.

Andreas.

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