Name
G
Synopsis
[address1
[,address2
]]G
Same as g, except that a newline and the hold space are pasted to the end of the pattern space instead of overwriting it. The Example shows a simple way to “cut and paste” lines.
Example
This script collects all lines containing the word Item:
and moves them after a place marker
later in the file. The original Item:
lines are deleted.
/Item:/{ H d } /Summary of items:/G
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