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UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition

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The sed Editor
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g

[address1[,address2]]g

Paste the contents of the hold space (see h and H) back into the pattern space, wiping out the previous contents of the pattern space. The Example shows a simple way to copy lines.

Example

This script collects all lines containing the word Item: and copies them to a place marker later in the file. The place marker is overwritten:

/Item:/H
/<Replace this line with the item list>/g


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