* Re: [gentoo-user] setting locale
@ 2011-05-30 19:03 99% ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2011-05-30 19:03 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:46:47 +0100, David W Noon wrote:
> >Setting noclobber in /etc/profile.d/*shopts.sh avoids that particular
> >problem, as well was the one of accidentally nuking a file when you
> >meant to add to it with >>.
>
> Setting noclobber is fine for not obliterating the current contents of
> the file, but it does not help where the current contents need to be
> updated. That is why I *always* use a text editor to modify
> configuration files.
True, sed is a good choice for that.
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