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From: ria@ptsfd.UUCP (Rich Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: global ed join
Message-ID: <359@ptsfd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-May-86 01:05:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: ptsfd.359
Posted: Mon May 12 01:05:11 1986
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Keywords: ed join global


     Using ed on the "file" below (beginning with "stu_f_name Sam"),
g/stu_f//stu_f/,/stu_f/+1j joins the first and last names of the first two
"records" but not the last.  Why doesn't it do the entire job?

stu_f_name Sam
Hazeltine
phone 939393
ssn 030303030

stu_f_name Joe
Waters
phone 93939
ssn 030303030

stu_f_name Joe
Waters
phone 93939
ssn 030303030