I have four sed expressions chained up in one command, like so:
sed -e 's/.$//' -ne '/**#@+/ {p; r index.html' -e ':a; n; /**#@-*/ {p; b}; ba}; p' -e '/**#@+/d' input.txt > output.txt
However, the last one seems to fizzle (do nada). If I move it to the front of the chain, it executes correctly, but then my file is not how I want it to be (obviously).
Tested individually, all four commands work fine and do just what I want them to: replace a block of text with something else, get rid of the start & end markers and convert line-endings.
What's preventing the last command -e '/**#@+/d' from chaining?
It's all on CentOS 7.
