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! .\"	$OpenBSD: sed.1,v 1.55 2018/07/10 09:10:03 schwarze Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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! .\"	$OpenBSD: sed.1,v 1.56 2018/07/11 06:47:38 martijn Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
  .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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  .\"
  .\"	from: @(#)sed.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
  .\"
! .Dd $Mdocdate: July 10 2018 $
  .Dt SED 1
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
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  .\"
  .\"	from: @(#)sed.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
  .\"
! .Dd $Mdocdate: July 11 2018 $
  .Dt SED 1
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
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  .Pq Ql $
  that addresses the last line of input, or a context address,
  which is a regular expression preceded and followed by a delimiter.
! The delimiter can be any character except a newline or a backslash.  
  Unless it is a slash, the opening delimiter needs to be escaped with
  a backslash.
  .Pp
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  .Pq Ql $
  that addresses the last line of input, or a context address,
  which is a regular expression preceded and followed by a delimiter.
! The delimiter can be any character except a newline or a backslash.
  Unless it is a slash, the opening delimiter needs to be escaped with
  a backslash.
  .Pp
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  .Pq Ql &
  appearing in the replacement is replaced by the string matching the
  regular expression.
- The special meaning of
- .Ql &
- in this context can be suppressed by preceding it by a backslash.
  The string
  .Ql \e# ,
  where
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  by the corresponding backreference expression (see
  .Xr re_format 7 ) .
  .Pp
! A line can be split by substituting a newline character into it.
! To specify a newline character in the replacement string, precede it with
! a backslash.
  .Pp
  The value of
  .Ar flags
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  by the corresponding backreference expression (see
  .Xr re_format 7 ) .
  .Pp
! All other instances of a backslash will print the literal character
! following it.
! Using a backslash before any other character other than
! .Ql & ,
! .Ql \e ,
! digit, newline
! .Pq ascii 0x0a ,
! and the delimiter is unspecified and might not be portable to other
! implementations of
! .Nm .
  .Pp
  The value of
  .Ar flags