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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [test]: sed-4.4-1


On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:32:22, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> awk is used to manipulate text input in the first place so it treats all
> input, files as well as stdin, as text.  So, shall we drop this
> behaviour for files only?  Or for stdin as well?  How many existing
> setups are bound to fail after a change?

Perhaps I am missing something, but cant all that be said about Sed too? I just
cant see a situation where we are justified changing one and not the other. They
should either both strip carriage returns or neither.


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