[ale] Sed equivalent for vi command

[Geoffrey]

I believe what you want is:

sed 20,43d inputfile > outputfile

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 get a "Unrecognized command: 23,23+20 d" back from the sed command. Is 
> there a way to do this using sed?
> Dow
> 

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