Re: Checking the version of sed you have

Entity Eric Pement spoke thus:

> Use the sed FAQ. http://sed.sourceforge.net/sedfaq.html
> 
>    # 5.7. How do I tell what version of sed I am using?
>    http://sed.sourceforge.net/sedfaq5.html#s5.7
> 
> If this answer from the FQQ needs to be updated or expanded,
> someone please tell me what to add. Thanks.
None of those work OMM, but this does:

strings /usr/bin/sed | grep eric

$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/sed/process.c,v 1.29 2002/09/20 19:40:23 eric Exp $

uname -a

Darwin gnarlodious-powerbook.wan 8.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.3.0: Mon Oct  3 
20:04:04 PDT 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

-- Gnarlie






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