Name
g
Synopsis
[address1
[,address2
]]g
Paste the contents of the hold space (see h and H) back into the pattern space, wiping out the previous contents of the pattern space. The Example shows a simple way to copy lines.
Example
This script collects all lines containing the word Item: and copies them to a place marker later in the file. The place marker is overwritten:
/Item:/H /<Replace this line with the item list>/g
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