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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man1/sed.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man1/sed.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/sed.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/sed.1 index 126402343c..cd805bd841 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man1/sed.1 +++ b/usr/src/man/man1/sed.1 @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" -.\" Copyright 2011 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. -.\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. .\" @@ -44,7 +42,8 @@ [\fB\-Ealnr\fP] [\fB\-e\fP \fIcommand\fP] [\fB\-f\fP \fIcommand_file\fP] -[\fB\-I\fP[\fIextension\fP] | \fB\-i\fP[\fIextension\fP]] +[\fB\-I\fP \fIextension\fP] +[\fB\-i\fP \fIextension\fP] [\fIfile ...\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION The @@ -97,11 +96,16 @@ Append the editing commands found in the file to the list of commands. The editing commands should each be listed on a separate line. .TP -\fB\-I\fP[\fIextension\fP] -Edit files in-place, saving backups if \fIextension\fP was specified. -It is not recommended to omit saving backups when in-place editing files, -as you risk corruption or partial content in situations where disk -space is exhausted, etc. +\fB\-I\fP \fIextension\fP +Edit files in-place, saving backups with the specified +\fIextension\fP. +If a zero-length +\fIextension\fP +is given, no backup will be saved. +It is not recommended to give a zero-length +\fIextension\fP +when in-place editing files, as you risk corruption or partial content +in situations where disk space is exhausted, etc. Note that in-place editing with \fB\-I\fP @@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ where using \fB\-i\fP is desired. .TP -\fB\-i\fP[\fIextension\fP] +\fB\-i\fP \fIextension\fP Edit files in-place similarly to \fB\-I\fP, but treat each file independently from other files. |