[SOLVED] sed doesn't replace a string when this is at the end of the line

Issue

Why this works

sed -n '242p' /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/models.py

        model_config = json.loads(model_config.decode('utf-8'))


sed -i "242s/.decode('utf-8')//" /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/models.py

sed -n '242p' /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/models.py
        model_config = json.loads(model_config)

and this doesn´t

sed -n '3328p' /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/engine/topology.py
        original_keras_version = f.attrs['keras_version'].decode('utf8')

sed -i "3328s/.decode('utf-8')//"  /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/engine/topology.py

sed -n '3328p' /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/keras/engine/topology.py
        original_keras_version = f.attrs['keras_version'].decode('utf8')

Why I cannot delete the second .decode('utf8'). It is because it is at the end of the string.

I could another approach but I would like to be consistent with the code. I don't get any errors so I don't know what to do although I have been working around and looking for the answer on Internet.

Solution

There's an important one character difference:

utf8
utf-8

Answered By - choroba

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)