david@geac.UUCP (David Haynes) (11/03/87)
Reply-Path: I was quite amazed as I made the transition from Ultrix 2.0 beta to 2.0 SDC release that a bug had been added to sed. Check out the following mini script: #/bin/sh echo "ab" | sed 's/\(.\)\(.\)/\2,\1/' I was expecting "b,a" instead I got "2,1" -- this is a serious break. The manual page (1-142 Commands (ed)) says that my interpretation of the script should work. -david- -- David Haynes Geac Computers International Inc. UUCP: {mnetor|yetti|utgpu}!geac!david