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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/sed/sed.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/sed/sed.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 index 815138b..31286c5 100644 --- a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 +++ b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 @@ -140,12 +140,16 @@ A command line with no addresses selects every pattern space. A command line with one address selects all of the pattern spaces that match the address. .Pp -A command line with two addresses selects the inclusive range from -the first pattern space that matches the first address through the next -pattern space that matches the second. -(If the second address is a number less than or equal to the line number -first selected, only that line is selected.) -Starting at the first line following the selected range, +A command line with two addresses selects an inclusive range. This +range starts with the first pattern space that matches the first +address. The end of the range is the next following pattern space +that matches the second address. If the second address is a number +less than or equal to the line number first selected, only that +line is selected. In the case when the second address is a context +address, sed does not re-match the second address against the +pattern space that matched the first address. Starting at the +first line following the selected range, sed starts looking again +for the first address. .Nm starts looking again for the first address. .Pp |
