regexp matching question

[Walter Dnes]

On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 01:10:35AM +0200, Peter wrote
> 
> 
> >>You are not going to like this but I made progess with my customized
> >>formail replacement:
> >
> > What's not to like?  I agree that formail runs into trouble
> >occasionally, and a more specialized tool can do a better job in a
> >specific area.
> 
> We agree then. Could you please tell if the sed example works in your 
> sed version ?
> 
> echo -e "a\na"|sed -e '/\n/M s/.\+/yes/g'
> 
> fails here. Thanks,

[m3000][waltdnes][~] echo -e "a\na"|sed -e '/\n/M s/.\+/yes/g'
a
a

[m3000][waltdnes][~] bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  Running on an AMD64.  Gentoo linux with...
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -march=athlon -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse"


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