sevaine/gist:c6e34482332f364f7e39d7254316dafb

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insert multi-line string before or after match with sed

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gistfile1.txt

	# insert before match
	sed -i '/PATTERN/ s\|^\|LINE1\nLINE2\nLINE3\n\|' FILE

	# insert after match
	sed -i '/PATTERN/ s\|$\|\nLINE1\nLINE2\nLINE3\|' FILE

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