Difference between revisions of "sed match pattern spanning multiple lines"
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 17 May 2017
file contents
abc def ghi
match across 2 lines
# cat .abc.txt | sed -n '/abc/N;/def/p' abc def
match across 3 lines
# cat .abc.txt | sed -n '/abc/N;/def/N;/ghi/p' abc def ghi
the N; tells sed to read the next line past \n and continue the match
