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From: jpn@teddy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: sed question
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 15:26:47 EDT
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>> sed(1) allows you to give the script on the command line like this:
>> 
>> 	sed -e 'script' file1 > file2
>> 
>> Some of the sed commands, like a\ and i\ seem to need additional
>> lines of input.
>
>Enter your commands like
>
>	$ sed -e '
>	> one or more lines
>	> of script including
>	> appends and inserts' file1 > file2
>
Or, if you are a csh user:

       % sed -e '\
       one or more lines of script each terminated by a backslash \
       note: no further prompts will be issued \
       until a line without a backslash' file1 > file2


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