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authorDan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>2020-09-22 10:39:49 -0400
committerDan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>2020-09-22 10:39:49 -0400
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.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
+.\" Copyright 2011 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright 2020 OmniOS Community Edition (OmniOSce) Association.
+.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
.\"
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.TH SED 1 "Aug 7, 2020"
+.TH SED 1 "Aug 21, 2020"
.SH NAME
\fBsed\fP
\- stream editor
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ option suppresses this behavior.
Same as
\fB\-E\fP
for compatibility with GNU sed.
-
+.PP
The form of a
\fBsed\fP
command is as follows:
@@ -177,6 +180,10 @@ deletes the pattern space.
Some of the functions use a
.IR "hold space"
to save all or part of the pattern space for subsequent retrieval.
+
+If an input file is growing while sed is running, the
+``$''
+address match may be unreliable.
.SH "Sed Addresses"
An address is not required, but if specified must have one of the
following formats: