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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I was told to use $USER as the replacement login in \
> > .procmailrc. It is already defined for each user.
>
> $USER is automatically defined in BL3 too.  So is $HOME.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven


It works.
ls /$USER lists the contents of /root
cd $HOME takes me to /root

But I can't get sed to actually substitute strings.


I made a testfile containing hello.



cat testfile | sed -eq "/hello/bye/" > testfile2
I get the same file copied, with hello not bye.

I tried with and without -e and " "


cat testfile | sed /hello/goodbye/ > testfile3
sed:  Unsupported command o
I get an empty file.

cat testfile | sed /hello/gbye > testfile4
sed:  Can't find label for jump to `ye'


Where did I go wrong?


Sindi