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Bug/Limitation of sed

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From: Alice Golakiya <golakiyaalice <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug/Limitation of sed
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:41:33 +0530

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Hi ,

└─$ sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.7

file hosts:
ip1 == 10.0.0.1
ip2 == 10.0.0.100

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From: Alice Golakiya <golakiyaalice <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug/Limitation of sed
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:45:35 +0530

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Hi ,

└─$ sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.7

file "hosts":
ip1 == 10.0.0.1
ip2 == 10.0.0.100

command executed:
sudo -i sed -i 's/10.0.0.1/10.0.0.200/g' hosts

Output file :
ip1 == 10.0.0.200
ip2 == 10.0.0.20000

The change in ip2 is not expected and an invalid.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 11:41, Alice Golakiya <golakiyaalice <at> gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> └─$ sed --version
> sed (GNU sed) 4.7
>
> file hosts:
> ip1 == 10.0.0.1
> ip2 == 10.0.0.100
>

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