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# 8  
Old 04-26-2005
yep got it !!
just replaced the single quotes with double quotes and its all done !!

now it looks like -

sed "/war of worlds/{n;s/^/$3,/;}" file1


Thank you all !!

:-)
# 9  
Old 04-26-2005
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Originally Posted by Ygor
sed '/war of worlds/{n;s/^/100,/;}' file1
Is there anyway I can change this command and try to get , lets say 3 lines after the line which matches the pattern .
I am trying

sed '/war of worlds/{n ; 3p }' file1 .

But it doesnt work . I can get 1 line when I say

sed '/war of worlds/{n ; p }' file1 .

How do i get 3 lines .
# 10  
Old 04-26-2005
There may be better solution than this ...

Code:
sed -n '/war of worlds/{n;p;n;p;n;p;};' file1

# 11  
Old 04-26-2005
Thanks Bhargav. That works . So I guess if we have to get lets say x number of lines after the match , we'll just have to print it x number of times .
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