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Re: sed -u option



On Jun 18,  1:09am, yyamano%kt.rim.or.jp@localhost (Yuji Yamano) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: sed -u option

| On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 01:08:39 +0000 (UTC), christos%astron.com@localhost 
(Christos Zoulas) wrote:
| 
| > GNU:
| > 
| > -u
| > --unbuffered
| > Buffer both input and output as minimally as practical. (This is
| > particularly useful if the input is coming from the likes of `tail
| > -f', and you wish to see the transformed output as soon as possible.)
| > 
| > I think we should go the GNU way, since this is more mnemonic and
| > useful.
| 
| I'm not sure if I understand what you want to say.
| Do you mean -u for no buffering and -l for line buffering?

Yes. Follow GNU. No point in making -u line-buffered, when we have -l for it!
Also what does 'u' stand for on OpenBSD? 'U'npredictable?

christos


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