newfile="$helpfile.new"
findfile="${helpfile/./\\.}"
-sed -e '1,/^\[comment\].*'"$findfile"'/d' \
- -e '1,/^```/d' \
- -e '/^```/,$d' \
- -e 's/"/\\"/g' \
- -e 's/^/ rprintf(F,"/' \
- -e 's/$/\\n");/' \
- <"$mdfile" >"$newfile"
+sed '1,/^\[comment\].*'"$findfile"'/d' <"$mdfile" | \
+ sed '1,/^```/d' | \
+ sed '/^```/,$d' | \
+ sed 's/"/\\"/g' | \
+ sed 's/^/ rprintf(F,"/' | \
+ sed 's/$/\\n");/' >"$newfile"
if [[ ! -s "$newfile" ]]; then
rm "$newfile"