Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> writes: > On 18 May 2016 22:25, [email protected] wrote: >> awk doesn't have the -i option like sed and if editing file in place is >> desired, additional steps are required. eawk uses tmp file to make it >> look to the caller editing happens in place. > > what's your real use case ? i've never once thought "man, i wish i could > run an awk script and modify a file in place". and i write awk most days.
The same "sed -i" is used. I have some configs to edit in place in src_prepare(). It's easier with awk rather than sed. -- Amadeusz Żołnowski
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