i have noticed that the sed man page has some strange
clippings. the attached patch fixes it for me, but i
dont know what was the intended effect.
before:
[1addr]a\
text
Write text to standard output immediately before each attempt
to read a line of input, whether by executing the `N' function
or by beginning a new cycle.
after:
[1addr]a text
Write text to standard output immediately before each attempt
to read a line of input, whether by executing the `N' function
or by beginning a new cycle.
--- sed.1.orig Tue May 20 15:25:58 2014
+++ sed.1 Tue May 20 15:30:16 2014
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@
.Em function-list
only when the pattern space is selected.
.Pp
-.It [1addr] Ns Em a Ns \e
-.It Em text
-.Pp
+.It [1addr] Ns Em a Em text
Write
.Em text
to standard output immediately before each attempt to read a line of input,
@@ -299,9 +297,7 @@
function with the specified label.
If the label is not specified, branch to the end of the script.
.Pp
-.It [2addr] Ns Em c Ns \e
-.It Em text
-.Pp
+.It [2addr] Ns Em c Em text
Delete the pattern space.
With 0 or 1 address or at the end of a 2-address range,
.Em text
@@ -330,9 +326,7 @@
Append a newline character followed by the contents of the pattern space
to the hold space.
.Pp
-.It [1addr] Ns Em i Ns \e
-.It Em text
-.Pp
+.It [1addr] Ns Em i Em text
Write
.Em text
to the standard output.
-f
--
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