Subj : sed 4.9+ for Win32?
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Shurato
Date : Thu Jan 04 2024 21:13:00

* In a message originally to Shurato, Sean Dennis said:

 > Hello Shurato,

 > Wednesday January 03 2024 13:23, you wrote to All:

 >  S> I haven't had any success finding a Win32 binary for sed newer than
 >  S> 4.2.1. Does anyone have a link?  All I could find were pages without
 >  S> links or 64 bit binaries.  I'm trying to get a batch file to work with
 >  S> fastecho to add TZUTC kludges, but it doesn't work with my version.
 >  S> For some reason, it doesn't support surrounding the command with ' and
 >  S> doesnt' seem to support \x0D or any other hex values...

 > Chocolatey has sed 4.9 available if you use it (and you should).

 > "choco install sed" will do it.

 > If you aren't using Chocolatey with Windows, you should be.  It's a
 > package manager for Windows like apt or rpm.

 > https://www.chocolatey.org

 > https://community.chocolatey.org/packages?q=sed

 > Found that in the first Bing search I ran though I knew Choco would have
 > it. -- Sean

Ok, I tried to install Win10 32 bit, but the ntvdm kept crashing.  It took me
forever to get the backup back to where it was, I had made a mess of
things...  I'm back on Win7 32 bit for now.  I might try again tomorrow, if
you think it's worth the upgrade and my dos programs will still work.

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