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cp keeps the file mode of the target
unless you use the -p switch.
Peng Yu wrote:
On Sunday, April 10, 2016, Jack J. Woehr <address@hidden>
wrote:
Peng Yu wrote:
Hi, sed has an option `--in-place` to allow the change to a
file
in-place. But I don't find a similar option in m4. Does
anybody know
there is a similar option that I can use for in-place
modification of
a file? Thanks.
No, but you can use the Linux mktemp command and pipe to the
temp file then copy it back.
This does not maintain file mode.
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Regards,
Peng
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