sed question

[Peter da Silva]

> 	$ sed -e '
> 	> one or more lines
> 	> of script including
> 	> appends and inserts' file1 > file2

Or else:

% sed '\
? one or more lines\
? of script including\
? appends an inserts' file1 > file2

But be careful to double-backslash the appends and inserts.

Oh, for a good public-domain shell with shell functions!