Minor: Move cleaninput call closer to sed command.

tests/t1100-replace.sh

@@ -164,4 +164,12 @@ TODO: Replaced task with:
 1 (A) 2010-07-04 this also has a new date
 EOF
 
+echo '2009-02-13 this is just a new one' > todo.txt
+test_todo_session 'replace with prepended priority and date replaces existing date' <<EOF
+>>> todo.sh replace 1 '(B) 2010-07-04 this also has a new date'
+1 2009-02-13 this is just a new one
+TODO: Replaced task with:
+1 (B) 2010-07-04 this also has a new date
+EOF
+
 test_done

tests/t6030-completion-tasks.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ notice the sunflowers +sunflowers @outside @garden +shared +landscape
 (C) 2012-02-28 @outside mow the lawn
 x 2012-02-21 +herbs @oriental buy spices
 x 2012-02-28 2012-02-21 +slack @home watch tv
-2012-02-28 +herbs buy cinnamon @grocer
 EOF
 test_todo_completion 'simple task' 'todo.sh list 1' '"1 # simple task"'
 test_todo_completion 'remove projects and contents from task' 'todo.sh list 2' '"2 # notice the sunflowers"'
@@ -22,6 +21,5 @@ test_todo_completion 'keep priority' 'todo.sh list 3' '"3 # (B) smell the flower
 test_todo_completion 'keep priority and remove timestamp' 'todo.sh list 4' '"4 # (C) mow the lawn"'
 test_todo_completion 'keep done marker and remove done date' 'todo.sh list 5' '"5 # x buy spices"'
 test_todo_completion 'keep done marker and remove timestamp and done date' 'todo.sh list 6' '"6 # x watch tv"'
-test_todo_completion 'remove add date' 'todo.sh list 7' '"7 # buy cinnamon"'
 
 test_done

todo.sh

@@ -389,21 +389,22 @@ replaceOrPrepend()
   else
     input=$*
   fi
-  cleaninput "for sed"
 
   # Retrieve existing priority and prepended date
-  priority=$(sed -e "$item!d" -e $item's/^\((.) \)\{0,1\}\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} \)\{0,1\}.*/\1/' "$TODO_FILE")
-  prepdate=$(sed -e "$item!d" -e $item's/^\((.) \)\{0,1\}\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} \)\{0,1\}.*/\2/' "$TODO_FILE")
+  local -r priAndDateExpr='^\((.) \)\{0,1\}\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} \)\{0,1\}'
+  priority=$(sed -e "$item!d" -e "${item}s/${priAndDateExpr}.*/\\1/" "$TODO_FILE")
+  prepdate=$(sed -e "$item!d" -e "${item}s/${priAndDateExpr}.*/\\2/" "$TODO_FILE")
 
-  if [ "$prepdate" -a "$action" = "replace" ] && [ "$(echo "$input"|sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}.*/\1/')" ]; then
-    # If the replaced text starts with a date, it will replace the existing
-    # date, too.
+  if [ "$prepdate" -a "$action" = "replace" ] && [ "$(echo "$input"|sed -e "s/${priAndDateExpr}.*/\\1\\2/")" ]; then
+      # If the replaced text starts with a [priority +] date, it will replace
+      # the existing date, too.
     prepdate=
   fi
 
   # Temporarily remove any existing priority and prepended date, perform the
   # change (replace/prepend) and re-insert the existing priority and prepended
   # date again.
+  cleaninput "for sed"
   sed -i.bak -e "$item s/^${priority}${prepdate}//" -e "$item s|^.*|${priority}${prepdate}${input}${backref}|" "$TODO_FILE"
   if [ $TODOTXT_VERBOSE -gt 0 ]; then
     getNewtodo "$item"

todo_completion

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ _todo()
                             # a safety check of the ls action output.
                             local todo=$( \
                                 eval TODOTXT_VERBOSE=0 $_todo_sh '-@ -+ -p -x command ls "^ *${cur} "' | \
-                                sed -e 's/^ *[0-9]\{1,\} //' -e 's/^\((.) \)\{0,1\}[0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} /\1/' \
-                                    -e 's/^\([xX] \)\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} \)\{1,2\}/\1/' \
+                                sed -e 's/^ *[0-9]\{1,\} //' -e 's/\((.) \)[0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} /\1/' \
+                                    -e 's/\([xX] \)\([0-9]\{2,4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\} \)\{1,2\}/\1/' \
                                     -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' \
                                     -e '1q' \
                             )
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ complete -F _todo todo.sh
 # If you define an alias (e.g. "t") to todo.sh, you need to explicitly enable
 # completion for it, too:
 #complete -F _todo t
-# It is recommended to put this line next to your alias definition in your
-# ~/.bashrc (or wherever else you're defining your alias). If you simply
-# uncomment it here, you will need to redo this on every todo.txt update!
 
 # If you have renamed the todo.sh executable, or if it is not accessible through
 # PATH, you need to add and use a wrapper completion function, like this: