[substitution] multiline value #2

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opened 2026-10-03 19:44:02 +00:00 by jaynuine · 0 comments

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we are currently using an inline, inplace sed call to substitute variables one at a time across the whole file

because of the way the command is given as a single argument to sed containing both the match and replace patterns (and command and flags) in a quoted string, we must find a way to expand a variable's value so that it would escape any delimiter and newlines

or we just quit trying to use sed, or at least come up with a more elaborate sequence of command over a single s call

might even be faster

we are currently using an inline, inplace sed call to substitute variables one at a time across the whole file because of the way the command is given as a single argument to sed containing both the match and replace patterns (and command and flags) in a quoted string, we must find a way to expand a variable's value so that it would escape any delimiter and newlines or we just quit trying to use sed, or at least come up with a more elaborate sequence of command over a single `s` call might even be faster

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