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| Chapter 10 The Sed Editor |

## c

    [address1][,address2]c\
    text

Replace the lines selected by the address with `text`. When a range of lines is specified, all lines as a group are replaced by a single copy of `text`. The newline following each line of text must be escaped by a backslash, except the last line. The contents of the pattern space are, in effect, deleted and no subsequent editing commands can be applied to it (or `text`).

### Example

>     # Replace first 100 lines in a file:
>     1,100c\
>     \
>     <First 100 names to be supplied>

Reference: b |  | Reference: d