Linux Shells by Example

4.7. sed Examples

% cat datafile
					northwest    NW   Charles Main       3.0 .98 3 34
					western      WE   Sharon Gray        5.3 .97 5 23
					southwest    SW   Lewis Dalsass      2.7 .8  2 18
					southern     SO   Suan Chin          5.1 .95 4 15
					southeast    SE   Patricia Hemenway  4.0 .7  4 17
					eastern      EA   TB Savage          4.4 .84 5 20
					northeast    NE   AM Main Jr.        5.1 .94 3 13
					north        NO   Margot Weber       4.5 .89 5  9
					central      CT   Ann Stephens       5.7 .94 5 13
				

4.7.1. Printing: The p Command (and the --quiet option)

Example 4.5.

% sed '/north/p' datafile northwest NW Charles Main 3.0 .98 3 34 northwest NW Charles Main 3.0 .98 3 34 western WE Sharon Gray 5.3 .97 5 23 southwest SW Lewis Dalsass 2.7 .8 2 18 southern SO Suan Chin 5.1 .95 4 15 southeast SE Patricia Hemenway 4.0 .7 4 17 eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20 northeast NE AM Main ...