Re: unix redirection - how do you specify input files?

[Steve Dews]

>The real question is, where does the input file belong in the sed syntax?
>Sed will take input either from stdin or a file.  So just specify the file
>after the pattern:
>       <exec executable="sed" output="newfile">
>         <arg value="-e"/>
>         <arg value="s/bad/good/"/>
>         <arg value="oldfile"/>
>       </exec
>
>However, you may find it easier to use Ant's <replace> task.  For
>instance:
>       <copy file="oldfile" tofile="newfile"/>
>       <replace file="newfile" token="bad" value="good"/>
>
>-Bill Burton

Thanks! Both ways worked.

Steve Dews
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