can we have a similar option for a hard link file? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sed in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367211
Title: sed -i destroys symlink Status in sed package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When using 'sed -i' on a symlink the symlink gets destroyed. Observe: % ls -l myfile symlink -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile lrwxrwxrwx 1 miekg miekg 6 Apr 26 10:53 symlink -> myfile # do an edit % sed -i 's/hello//' symlink % ls -l myfile symlink -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile -rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 7 Apr 26 10:54 symlink And gone is your symlink. This either a feature or a bug :) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sed/+bug/367211/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
