Reference: g
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T22:00:15Z

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| Chapter 10 The Sed Editor |

## g

    [address1][,address2]g

Paste the contents of the hold space (see h or H command) 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

Reference: D |  | Reference: G