sed -i on mac says invalid command code
script works on my linux box and fails on my work mac
sed -i 's/foo/bar/' file
sed: 1: "file": invalid command code f
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BSD sed takes a required argument to -i, the backup suffix, so it swallowed your script. sed -i '' 's/foo/bar/' file on the Mac, which then breaks GNU. Portable form: sed -i.bak 's/foo/bar/' file && rm file.bak. Or perl -pi -e.
.bak it is. solved
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