2011/3/28 Rony <[email protected]>: > s/ MA/, Massachusetts/ s/ PA/, Pennsylvania/ s/ CA/, California/ s/ VA/, > Virginia/ s/ OK/, Oklahoma/ > > However when I give this as input to the file called 'list', I get an error:- > sed: file sedscr line 1: unknown option to `s'
You need to put each substitution in a new line. > In the earlier examples of substitution sed 's/MA/Massachusetts/" list works > only on the first instance of MA and not all which > goes against their statements that sed commands are global by default unless > the address is specified. The above command > will work globally only if the /g option is put in the right had side. The global in "their" context is that "applies to all lines in the file". The "globally" in your /g context is that "applies to all occurrences of pattern in a line". See the difference? > Is there any good website where I can learn sed and regular expressions. I have a copy of the book you are using; I doubt if there is a better beginner's reference to sed/awk. Binand -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
