sed: 0602-404 Error

[kobewins]

Hi,

I was trying to use the following sed commands:

sed '
1,2d
/^ *$/d
/spool/d
s/^ *//
s/ *$//
' $DESC_F > $FIELDS_F

Note:
1,2d # to delete Line# 1 and 2

But got the error as:
sed: 0602-404 Function 1,2d cannot be parsed.

Any help and hints are greatly appreciated.

 

[PHV]

Get rid of the trailing spaces in your sed script

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[feherke]

Hi

There is no error in your code. At least, not for my GNU [tt]sed[/tt] 4.0.5. What kind of [tt]sed[/tt] are you using ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[kobewins]

Thanks, PHV.

I have use AIX unix sed, feherke.

 

[PHV]

feherke, does GNU sed 4.0.5 admit this ?
sed '1,2d ' /path/to/input

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[feherke]

Hi

Of course. I think is just as normal, as indenting your code. You can use space or horizontal tab to improve your code's readability.

[blue]master #[/blue] seq 5 > sedtestfile

[blue]master #[/blue] sed '1,2d      ' sedtestfile
3
4
5

[blue]master #[/blue] sed $'  \t  1  \t  ,  \t  2  \t  d  \t  ' sedtestfile
3
4
5

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/