On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Barry L. Kline <blkline at attglobal.net> wrote: > > Au contraire: > > - From the sed man page: > > -i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX] > > edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied) Aha, bien sur, you are correct, M'sieur. However, the original script as posted earlier in this thread did not include that little snippet, so that would be needed, in which case it could work. Many thanks. mhr