[ale] Sed equivalent for vi command

[Jason Day]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:44:35AM -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> If in vi I issue:
> 
> :23,23+20 d
> 
> I get line 23 up to line 43 deleted.  When I issue at the command line a 
> sed command of:
> 
> sed -e '23,23+20 d'  inputfile >  outputfile

I don't think you can use an expression like this for a sed address.  If
you change the command to:

sed -e '23,43 d' inputfile >  outputfile

it will work.
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