On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> wrote: > Ben Walton <bdwal...@gmail.com> writes: > >> diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh >> index 3fb4b97..0126154 100755 >> --- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh >> +++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh >> @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ test_expect_success 'another test, with >> --ignore-space-at-eol' 'test_cmp expect >> test_expect_success 'ignore-blank-lines: only new lines' ' >> test_seq 5 >x && >> git update-index x && >> - test_seq 5 | sed "/3/i \\ >> + test_seq 5 | sed "/3/i\\ >> +\ >> " >x && > > Why do you need the \<nl>? Since it is inside double quotes the shell > will remove it during expansion.
It's an escape. Without it, sed throws: sed: -e expression #1, char 5: expected \ after `a', `c' or `i' Thanks -Ben -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way. -Christopher Hitchens --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
