On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:21:05 +1000 Stuart Longland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Yes... but in the "core utility role" what does sed and ed do? Edit | files & streams. They are scripted editors -- and should be | recognised as such.
Actually, ed is used by patch and sed is used to extract patterns from other commands' output. So, I'd say their primary use is core system rather than editing. I mean, if you go by what *can* be done, coreutils would end up in app-editors too. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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