Unix Shell - Question about the w command of sed

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Question about the w command of sed

Spiros Bousbouras

2006-11-30, 7:23 pm

When I type
sed -n '{N;w file1}' file2
I get
sed: -e expression #1, char 0: Unmatched `{'

The problem is that sed thinks that the } is part
of the filename I want to write to. So how do I
tell it this is not the case ?

Stephane CHAZELAS

2006-11-30, 7:23 pm

2006-11-30, 16:11(-08), Spiros Bousbouras:
> When I type
> sed -n '{N;w file1}' file2
> I get
> sed: -e expression #1, char 0: Unmatched `{'
>
> The problem is that sed thinks that the } is part
> of the filename I want to write to. So how do I
> tell it this is not the case ?
[...]

sed -ne '{N;w file1' -e '}' < file2

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Stéphane