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bug#36201: Inserting files with r *before* the address
From: |
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson |
Subject: |
bug#36201: Inserting files with r *before* the address |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 22:35:23 +0800 |
>>>>> "AG" == Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> writes:
AG> Off the top of my head, I can't think of a built-in way to insert a file
AG> before an address (am I missing something?).
AG> One could probably come up with some incantation using multiline
AG> commands (D/G/H/N/P):
AG> https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html#Multiline-techniques
OK maybe at the r documentation say "The reader is welcome to add a recipe for
adding
a file before the line (like i vs. a)." Else folks will wonder that
nobody thought of it.
AG> But I think this one is easier using gawk:
No fair using gawk. We're talking about sed.
AG> Or are you asking for a new feature of inserting a file before an
AG> address?
I think no more features should be added to sed as there is perl...