Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 04:37:09PM +0000, Andrew Benton wrote:
>> sed -i '/ase --o/s/ \{8\}/\t/' docs/{gst,libs,plugins}/Makefile.in
> ^^^^^^^^^
>
> Andy,
>
> I am trying to learn sed, I don't quite understand the portion I have
> hilighted. Would you mind explaining this to me?
Match the line with the string 'ase --o' and substitute a tab character
at the first instance on the line where there are 8 spaces.
-- Bruce
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