Okay, well... for whatever reason the issue seems to be running SED within SH.
I can run that SED within Amiga "Shell" on both machines, and I get the same results, but, within Amiga "Shell" -> within "SH" -> running SED produces no output on my X5000, but it works on the X1000.
My reproducible steps are:
1 - Copy the following contents into any file:
!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT 1 /original ctags format/
!_TAG_FILE_SORTED 0 /0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR Darren Hiebert /dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME Exuberant Ctags //
!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL http://ctags.sourceforge.net /official site/
!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION 5.8 //
BAIL Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define BAIL(/
PI Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define PI /
TO_DEG Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define TO_DEG(/
WIDTH Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define WIDTH /
HEIGHT Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define HEIGHT /
FRAME_S Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define FRAME_S /
PER_SEC Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define PER_SEC(/
SEC Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define SEC(/
VEL_X Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define VEL_X /
VEL_Y Other:Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define VEL_Y /
2. CD into the directory containing that file
3. run the following command in Amiga Shell:
sed -n "s|\([A-Za-z]\+\):|/\1/|p" tags1
4. See that the output is:
!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL /http///ctags.sourceforge.net /official site/
BAIL /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define BAIL(/
PI /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define PI /
TO_DEG /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define TO_DEG(/
WIDTH /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define WIDTH /
HEIGHT /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define HEIGHT /
FRAME_S /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define FRAME_S /
PER_SEC /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define PER_SEC(/
SEC /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define SEC(/
VEL_X /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define VEL_X /
VEL_Y /Other/Dev/SVN_AMIGA/SWAG2022/bak3.c /^#define VEL_Y /
5. From that shell, no go into "SH" by executing:
sh
6. Run the same SED command:
sed -n "s|\([A-Za-z]\+\):|/\1/|p" tags1
7. Notice that there is no output
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Wondering if anyone else can agree with my Step 7. On my X1000 step 7 produces the same output as step 4.
The file sizes and versions of SH and SED are the same on both machines.