#!/bin/sh SEDLIST="/usr/bin/sed /bin/sed sed gnused gsed" for SED in $SEDLIST do if ! test -x $SED ; then SED=$(which $SED 2> /dev/null) if ! test -x "$SED" > /dev/null ; then SED="" continue fi fi echo "HELLO" > .sedtest $SED -i -e "s/HELLO/GOODBYE/" .sedtest >/dev/null 2>&1 RESULT=$(cat .sedtest) if test $? != 0 ; then SED="" elif test -e ".sedtest-e" ; then rm -f ".sedtest-e" SED="" elif [ "x$RESULT" = "x" ] || [ "$RESULT" != "GOODBYE" ] > /dev/null ; then SED="" fi rm -f .sedtest if [ ! -z "$SED" ] ; then break fi done echo $SED