rosed not working with nano

phil123456
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jayess
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Hello,

I cant get rosed to work at all in melodic with nano (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

$ export EDITOR='nano -w'

when I run it :

$ rosed find: paths must precede

expression: `f' That file does not

exist in that package.

when I use it to edit a file :

$ rosed CMakeLists.txt

Couldn't find package [CMakeLists.txt]

I dont get it, the file is there, any help appreciated

regards

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jayess
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If you take a look at rosed on the wiki, you'll see that the pattern for using rosed is as follows:

rosed [package_name] [filename]

not

rosed [filename]

The error that you're getting tells you that you're passing CMakeLists.txt as the package name (which isn't what you want):

Couldn't find package [CMakeLists.txt]

So, to edit the file using rosed, use the pattern:

rosed [package_name] [filename]

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phil123456
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jayess
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damned, I had to add the package name

dont know why it did not work the first time, now it does

rosed beginner_tutorials Num.msg

rosed beginner_tutorials CMakeLists.txt

these work fine

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