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A lookup-table counter Part 2 of Greg's script analysis looks at how he implemented a counter using lookup tables. This complex problem is described step by step from the basics, following through Greg's reasoning until we finally reach the solution. Do it with sed A comprehensive and leisurely article. It contains many interesting examples, and a useful command summary. Proposals for a custom sed A list of proposals to make sed more versatile without sacrificing its speed and overall philosophy. SED -- A Non-interactive Text Editor The definitive introduction, this well-known document used to be distributed with UNIX systems. It examines each of sed's functions in depth and includes useful examples. sed can do Towers of Hanoi A document which shows how to make sed solve the classic Towers of Hanoi game. sed FAQ v15 The official, indispensable sed FAQ. sed one-liners The essential, official compendium of useful sed one-liners. Organised into sections by usage, such as file spacing, line numbering, selective line removal/deletion and optimisation. Using lookup tables with s/// Part 1 of Greg Ubben's analysis of a complex sed script he wrote to sort, delimit and number an input file containing tabulated data. Lookup tables are a powerful technique for the serious seder's armoury. Using sed to create a book index Eric Pement of Cornerstone magazine shows how he used sed and other utilities to massage an unsorted list of book references into an index.
