Name

r

Synopsis

[address]r file[address1[,address2]]r file{G}

Read contents of file and append to the output after the contents of the pattern space. There must be exactly one space between the r and the filename. The GNU version accepts two addresses.

Example

/The list of items follows:/r item_file

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