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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 15:48:46 -0500
From: "Matthew R. Dietrich" <mrd2000@imsa.edu>
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Subject: sed G?
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Does anyone understand why "sed G" doesn't doublespace a provided input?  It
does under other systems I'm aquanted with.  Does BSD sed not set the initial
hold space to a empty line?  I'm running a pretty recent stable...

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