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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 16:16:18 +1000
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From: Jacob Rhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>
Subject: OT: using sed to insert \n at command line
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Hi,

Ive done some searching online and I cant work out how to do this, and I 
was wondering if any of you guys do? This is what I am doing, and when I 
try to insert a \n it doesnt work either way:

   input | sed 's/a string/\n/g' | output
   input | sed 's/a string/\\n/g' | output

what is the correct way from the command prompt? Thanks for any help . .

Regards,
Jacob


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