On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:17:09PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > It differs from perl like this:
> >
> > $ echo 'l1_1' | perl -pe 's/1|$/X/g'
> > lX_XX
> > $ echo 'l1_1' | sed -E 's/1|$/X/g'
> > lX_X
> >
> > Meaning we don't hit that final '$' if the last match went to eol.
> >
> > /Alexander
>
> Right.
>
> I took a look at freebsd, thay have some patches in this area. But
> applying the changes did not have the desired effect. Have to look deeper.
>
> -Otto
One conclusion: if I port the complete sed from freebsd, it also does
not substitute the eol in your testcase. So no wonder incorporating
the changes into OpenBSD does not fix this case.
-Otto
