z -x sed error on OS X

[keith]

When I run z -x from any directory on OS X I get this error from sed:

sed: 1: "/Users/ksmiley/.z": invalid command code k

This can be fixed by changing the sed command to:

sed -i '' "\:^${PWD}|.*:d" "$datafile";;

Where '' is the file extension used for the backup file (in this case nothing meaning no backup file is created)

[rupa]

I get a different error '-i cannot be used with stdin' ... weird. Your error seems to be coming from your username.

In any event the fix for OSX doesn't work cross platform (Ubuntu at least) so I need to think about another solution.

[keith]

Would it hurt to make a backup file like z.bak and just leave it there?

[rupa]

Same issue, OSX wants -i EXT and ubuntu wants -iEXT

[keith]

Ah crap.

[keith]

Also not sure this is caused by my user name. Since if I try to run z -x in / I get the same issue. In which case at least $PWD evaluates to / although not the datafile path

[keith]

Also changing it to sed -i -e ... works for me based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19456518/invalid-command-code-despite-escaping-periods-using-sed

[keith]

Another option might to something like from this example: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13188531/902968

[keith]

I can verify that this command:

sed -i -e "\:^${PWD}|.*:d" "$datafile";;

Works on both OS X and Ubuntu

[keith]

Thanks!