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address1

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address2

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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