diff --git a/bin/tools/inlineReplace b/bin/tools/inlineReplace
deleted file mode 100755
index 27d19f8164..0000000000
--- a/bin/tools/inlineReplace
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# $0 oldString newString file1 .. fileN
-#
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]
-then
-    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <oldString> <newString> <file1> [.. fileN]"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Replaces all occurrences of oldString by newString in files."
-    echo "(replacement for sed -i on systems that don't support it)"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-oldString="$1"
-newString="$2"
-shift 2
-
-for f
-do
-    if grep "$oldString" "$f" >/dev/null
-    then
-        cp "$f" "${f}_bak"
-        sed -e "s@$oldString@$newString@g" "${f}_bak" > "$f"
-        rm -f "${f}_bak"
-    #else
-    #    echo "String $oldString not present in $f"
-    fi
-done
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------- end-of-file
diff --git a/bin/tools/pre-commit-hook b/bin/tools/pre-commit-hook
index 2905d7d322..d3bf374e04 100755
--- a/bin/tools/pre-commit-hook
+++ b/bin/tools/pre-commit-hook
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # =========                 |
 # \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
 #  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ checkCopyright()
                 then
                     echo "Updated copyright for: $f" 1>&2
                     echo "$f"
-                    sed -i "s/$startYear-$endYear OpenFOAM/$startYear-$year OpenFOAM/g" $f
+                    sed -i -e "s/$startYear-$endYear OpenFOAM/$startYear-$year OpenFOAM/g" $f
                 fi
             else
                 # Date is of type 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ checkCopyright()
                 then
                     echo "$f"
                     echo "Updated copyright for: $f" 1>&2
-                    sed -i "s/$startYear OpenFOAM/$startYear-$year OpenFOAM/g" $f
+                    sed -i -e "s/$startYear OpenFOAM/$startYear-$year OpenFOAM/g" $f
                 fi
             fi
         fi
diff --git a/bin/tools/replaceAllShellSun b/bin/tools/replaceAllShellSun
deleted file mode 100755
index d5a0d8db99..0000000000
--- a/bin/tools/replaceAllShellSun
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh
-
-# Replace all shell script headers with 
-if [ $# -ne 1 -o ! -d "$1" ]
-then
-    echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <dir>"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Replaces all occurrences of #!/bin/sh with #!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh inside a directory tree."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-#- note that below does not work since {} does not get replaced
-#find $1 -type f -exec /usr/xpg4/bin/sh -c "grep '^#\!/bin/sh' {} >/dev/null && echo {} && mv {} {}_bak && sed -e 's@^#\!/bin/sh@#\!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh@' {}_bak > {}" ';'
-
-find $1 -exec $WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/tools/inlineReplace '^#\!/bin/sh' '#\!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh' {} \; -print
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------- end-of-file
diff --git a/tutorials/compressible/sonicFoam/ras/nacaAirfoil/Allrun b/tutorials/compressible/sonicFoam/ras/nacaAirfoil/Allrun
index dd782a7196..0df7881d40 100755
--- a/tutorials/compressible/sonicFoam/ras/nacaAirfoil/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/compressible/sonicFoam/ras/nacaAirfoil/Allrun
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ application=`getApplication`
 
 runApplication star3ToFoam prostar/nacaAirfoil
 
-sed -i 's/symmetry\([)]*;\)/empty\1/' constant/polyMesh/boundary
+sed -i -e 's/symmetry\([)]*;\)/empty\1/' constant/polyMesh/boundary
 
 runApplication $application
 
diff --git a/tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFilmFoam/hotBoxes/Allrun.pre b/tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFilmFoam/hotBoxes/Allrun.pre
index 019978bbb4..06e9e9ec5f 100755
--- a/tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFilmFoam/hotBoxes/Allrun.pre
+++ b/tutorials/lagrangian/reactingParcelFilmFoam/hotBoxes/Allrun.pre
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rm -rf system/wallFilmRegion
 cp -r system/wallFilmRegion.org system/wallFilmRegion
 
 find ./0 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec \
-    sed -i "s/wallFilm/\"(region0_to.*)\"/g" {} \;
+    sed -i -e "s/wallFilm/\"(region0_to.*)\"/g" {} \;
 
 paraFoam -touch
 paraFoam -touch -region wallFilmRegion
diff --git a/wmake/MakefileFiles b/wmake/MakefileFiles
index 9f0ed1cf9d..8c5535354a 100644
--- a/wmake/MakefileFiles
+++ b/wmake/MakefileFiles
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # =========                 |
 # \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
 #  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2014 OpenFOAM Foundation
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
@@ -68,16 +68,9 @@ $(SFILES): $(MAKE_DIR)/files
 	# Add a newline to files to ensure the last line is followed by a newline
 	@echo "" >> $(SFILES)
 	# Remove commented lines, blank lines, and trailing blanks from files
-	@sed -i \
-	    -e '/^#/ d'         \
-	    -e '/^[ \t]*$$/ d'   \
-	    -e 's,[ \t]*$$,,'    \
-	     $(SFILES)
+	@sed -i -e '/^#/ d' -e '/^[ \t]*$$/ d' -e 's,[ \t]*$$,,' $(SFILES)
 	# Add backslashes
-	@sed -i \
-	    -e 's,$$, \\,'    \
-	    -e '$$s,\\,,'    \
-	    $(SFILES)
+	@sed -i -e 's,$$, \\,' -e '$$s,\\,,' $(SFILES)
 
 $(VARS): $(SFILES)