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From: r_ellison@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Bob Ellison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: A little help with SED please - clarifications.
Message-ID: <880001@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Apr 88 21:33:55 GMT
References: <5490@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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How about

    sed '/BEGIN/,/END/p
    d' files...

in sh or ksh or

    sed '/BEGIN/,/END/p\
    d' files...

in csh?  These lines will include the BEGIN and END in the output, but will
strip all other lines.

I'd prefer to use awk:

    awk '/BEGIN/,/END/' files...


papillo the awkward
Bob Ellison