Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

n

Synopsis

[address1[,address2]]n

Description

Read next line of input into pattern space. The current line is sent to standard output, and the next line becomes the current line. Control passes to the command following n instead of resuming at the top of the script.

Example

In the ms macros, a section header occurs on the line below an .NH macro. To print all lines of header text, invoke this script with sed -n:

                     /^\.NH/{
n
p
}