Have you tried the new sed release. I believe they fixed some of the
regex problems.
John
Stephen Shirley wrote:
>Hey,
> Quick sed question: Why in the blue blazes is this:
>> echo 'hello }}' | sed 's/\([^}]*\)}/\1/'
>>printing out this:
>> 'hello }'
>>instead of this:
>> 'hello '
>>? It's driving me nuts.
>> sed 's/\([^}]*\)//'
>>gives
>> '}}'
>>leaving me _very_ confused. I reckon it's a bug in sed, cause
>> sed 's/\([^}]*\).*/\1/'
>>_does_ work. Hmph.
>>Steve
>>
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