From:	Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nortelnetworks DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	sed
Date:	Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:41:51 -0500
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi,
	I'm having a problem understanding what I'm doing wrong.

sed {s/\n/\t/ s/xyz/\n/} temp.txt | less

	I need to convert all the new lines to tab and then xyz to a new line. 
It does not like the { 
... -e expression #1, char 0: Unmatched {

	In addition it does not like \n in the pattern string and when \n is in
the replace string I get a n in place of a new line.

	I thought I'd understood about regular expressions.

	Any ideas would be a great help.

		Regards Ian.

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