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sed.1: provide more information on -I and -i
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For compatibility with other versions of sed (GNU and other BSDs) there should be no space between -I or -i, and the backup extension. The extension is an optional argument with these other sed versions, and "-I .bak" is interpreted as a no-argument (no backup) -I flag, followed by an invalid command ".bak".

Clarify -I "" as a special case to specify no backup that is not compatible with other sed versions.

PR: 254091

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emaste requested review of this revision.Mar 8 2021, 2:14 PM
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LGTM from manpages. Thanks for working on this PR.

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usr.bin/sed/sed.1
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I think that we usually try to avoid "you" in docs.

124

This should probably be:

.Fl i Cm \&"" .

This way "" is stylized as a command modifier.

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