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commit 71c9f844e6456d1c07e0cd1ebd49bdb0260b4879
parent f5c96d71fac2302a810a4b8b8179af1dcf0ca595
Author: Riaz <riaz@riazj.com>
Date:   Tue,  9 Sep 2025 11:50:22 -0700

bin/todo: Use grep instead of sed to treat text as is

Diffstat:
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.local/bin/todo
 | 
7
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.local/bin/todo b/.local/bin/todo
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh
 
 TODO="$HOME/todo"
 height="$(wc -l "$TODO")"
 height="${height% *}"
 
 while sel="$(dmenu -i -l "$height" < "$TODO")"; do
-  if grep -q "^$sel$" "$TODO"; then
-    sed -i "/^$sel$/d" "$TODO"
+  if grep -Fqx "$sel" "$TODO"; then
+    grep -vFx "$sel" "$TODO" > "$TODO.tmp"
+    mv "$TODO.tmp" "$TODO"
     height=$((height-1))
   else
     echo "$sel" >> "$TODO"