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# 8  
Old 05-21-2007
Computer
No i didnt mean that to do ... as an example i want to print the below line as it is

file 1:
==============================
1233333
2222
33333
=======================


the output should be as it but when i tried to do a print by reading the file it is showing as

1233333
2222
33333
# 9  
Old 05-21-2007
All,

this works fine


sed '2,3s/^/ /;5s/^/ /' input_file

can you please explain the same really tough to understand
# 10  
Old 05-21-2007
Code:
sed '2,3s/^/ /;5s/^/ /' input_file

2,3 - Lines 2 through 3
s - Substitute
/ - Substitute delimiter (first)
^ - beginning of line
/ - Substitute delimiter (middle)
space - change beginning of line to this string
/ - Substitute delimiter (end)
; - Sed command separator
5 - Line 5
s - Substitute
/ - Substitute delimiter (first)
^ - beginning of line
/ - Substitute delimiter (middle)
space - change beginning of line to this string
/ - Substitute delimiter (end)
 
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