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GNU sed version 4.0.5 bug with 2Kb expressions?
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Dr. Richard Botting |
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GNU sed version 4.0.5 bug with 2Kb expressions? |
Date: |
Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:57:45 -0800 |
I run a script with some large sed expressions on GNU sed version 3.02 1998
OK. But on 4.0.5 I get errors like this
sed: -e expression #1, char 4047: Invalid reference \2 on `s' command's RHS
Hacking the expression back to 2kb stopped the error.
I've checked every '\2' and they all have 2 '\(...\)'.
You can see the kind of expression in
http://www.dick.csci.csusb.edu/dick/tools/mth2html
and I'm blogging my debugging
http://www.dick.csci.csusb.edu/dick/blog.html
I couldn't a reference in the archives to this feature/bug.
I'm hoping I don't have to slice the sed script up... it will
not be a pleasant activity.
Richard J Botting
Cc: Sys Admin
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