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Text Modification


  • addr a\
    appends lines until a line without a trailing \

  • addr1,addr2 c\
    deletes the addressed lines and inserts following lines

  • addr1,addr2 d = delete

  • addr1,addr2 D = Deletes only the first line

  • addr i\
    Inserts text followed by the pattern space

  • addr1,addr2 s/old/new/
    Substitute the new string for the old pattern
    Appending g makes it global (all patterns)
    Appending p prints the pattern space if a change is made.
    Appending w and a filename appends the pattern space to a file.


University of Southern Mississippi
Ray.Seyfarth@usm.edu
Updated 15:45 Sep 13, 2006