Can you copy the file to /tmp and run it there? Eric Cope On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Dazed_75 <[email protected]> wrote:
> How do people test sed replacements on something consequential? I thought > I remembered sed having an option to just report what changes it WOULD HAVE > made without actually making the changes. But I can't find anything like > that. > > Best I can think of is to make a test directory [hierarchy], copy your > files into it, run the sed command and then look at all the files for > intended and unintended changes (or diff them from the originals). That > would seem to suck! > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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