[GH-ISSUE #36] sed replacement fails on OS X to fix python2 reference. Error: command a expects \ followed by text #30

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opened 2026-02-25 20:32:19 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @gregelin on GitHub (Sep 22, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/36

The sed replace section added in commit e687422 throws error, "command a expects \ followed by text" on OS X (10.7.x, 10.8.x).

OS X requires an extension to be defined with when using -i flag.

$SUDO sed -i '.orig' '1 s/python2/python/' $TARGET

Originally created by @gregelin on GitHub (Sep 22, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/36 The sed replace section added in commit e687422 throws error, "command a expects \ followed by text" on OS X (10.7.x, 10.8.x). OS X requires an extension to be defined with when using `-i` flag. ``` bash $SUDO sed -i '.orig' '1 s/python2/python/' $TARGET ```