On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > bsquared wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I think there may be a problem with this chapter. >> >> $ sed -i '1289i\\tfilter.cloned = 2;' ip/iproute.c >> The instruction ^ in the chapter, changes the file. >> >> the actual change to the file was: >> tfilter.cloned = 2; >> >> which caused this error: >> iproute.c: In function 'iproute_list_flush_or_save': >> iproute.c:1289:1: error: 'tfilter' undeclared (first use in this function) >> iproute.c:1289:1: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only >> once for each function it appears in >> >> I believe the expected change is: >> filter.cloned = 2; >> >> if I change the sed command to include a new line between the >> backslashes it works as expected. >> $ sed -i '1289i\ >>> \tfilter.cloned = 2;' ip/iproute.c > > I think you omitted a backslash when you ran the command. The \\ is an
I copy/pasted from book to a script and to terminal, same result in both cases. > escaped backslash so that sed uses \t or tab. Make sure you used single > quotes and not double quotes. That also could have caused the error. > > -- Bruce > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > The sed man page seems to indicate that a newline is required after the backslash for a,c and i commands. In any event, I wanted to post my finding in case others run into the same problem. -- Thank you, -Brian -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
