On 20 May 2016 21:09, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> > On 18 May 2016 22:25, aidecoe@gentoo.org wrote:
> >> awk doesn't have the -i option like sed and if editing file in place is
> >> desired, additional steps are required. eawk uses tmp file to make it
> >> look to the caller editing happens in place.
> >
> > what's your real use case ?  i've never once thought "man, i wish i could
> > run an awk script and modify a file in place".  and i write awk most days.
> 
> The same "sed -i" is used. I have some configs to edit in place in
> src_prepare(). It's easier with awk rather than sed.

again, provide an example.  one or two uncommon use cases doesn't justify
being added to eutils.
-mike