2010-12-10 If you are searching for vi macros (:map) and more, then look here: [0] In GNU sed `\0' appears to be equivilent to `&' (substitute the whole match). It's not documented and I only know of if because one brought it up in a thread on debianforum.de. I first thought it would substitute the whole line like $0 in awk, but that's false. Don't use `\0'; but do use `&'. I think it's bad to habe `\0' at all. Software that originates in BSD Unix often makes heavy use of en- vironment variables. I used to dislike environment variables a lot. Currently I'm not much decided about how to think about them. Though I still don't like their hidden life. [0] http://www.unix-manuals.com/refs/faqs/vi/vi-faq-2.html http://marmaro.de/lue/ markus schnalke