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# 1  
Old 12-26-2008
how to use multiple files in sed with w command
i have a command like :
sed -n 's/^[0-9]*[02468] /&/w even' <file
if i want to write to multiple files like
sed -n 's/^[0-9]*[02468] /&/w zero two three' < file
its not working it is taking "zero two three" as a single file i want to write to 3 seperate files . pls can anyone help me
# 2  
Old 12-26-2008
Hi,

try:

Code:
sed -n -e '/file1/w f1' -e '/file1/w f2' file

HTH Chris
# 3  
Old 12-27-2008
Code:
sed -n 's/^[0-9]*[02468] /&/p' file | tee zero two > three

Though that is the same as:

Code:
sed -n '/^[0-9]*[02468] /p' file | tee zero two > three

Or:

Code:
grep '^[0-9]*[02468] ' file | tee zero two > three

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