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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change sed i\ usage to something Solaris' sed can handle
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:59:59 +0100
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Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com> writes:

> It's an escape. Without it, sed throws:

The shell removes it before sed can see it.

Andreas.

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