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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: sed question
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Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 14:49:22 EDT
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> 	$ sed -e '
> 	> one or more lines
> 	> of script including
> 	> appends and inserts' file1 > file2

Or else:

% sed '\
? one or more lines\
? of script including\
? appends an inserts' file1 > file2

But be careful to double-backslash the appends and inserts.

Oh, for a good public-domain shell with shell functions!