06-10-2009
Quote:
sed -n '/select/I,/;/{/;/G;p}
' infile
Awsome!...... in my quest to understand the hows and whys of SED, ( so as not to just be a coding monkey
) could you explaing the part in red
sed -n '/select/I,/;/
{/;/G;p}
i beleive the p is to output the results and /;/G to add a blank line..
but I don't understand the purpose/usage of the construct
{ .... } and the
; between G & p
Can you help me understand so i can use this in the future?
PS: could you recommend a usefull sed book?
Thanks in advance for you help
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