> >>>>> "Paul" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Paul> I'm a little concerned that the & token isn't supported by all
> Paul> versions of sed, either, but I couldn't find any
> Paul> examples... anyone have thoughts on the portability of that?
> 
> Hm, I never heard of portability issues on that point.  Maybe Ken knows
> more?

I've never heard of any sed implementation failing to understand &
on the right-hand-side of a substitute as meaning "that which
matched on the left".  All descendents of Bell Lab's v7 sed (at
least; I don't have first hand experience with older seds) have
supported it, and it would be a major incompatability for any other
sed to have failed to support it.

                --Ken Pizzini

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