This is a simple sed command, I can explain what it does but it beats me as to where it would be useful Any advice on that would be appreciated. In a sed script, the / operator acts as a delimited between parameters. d Delete pattern space. Start next cycle.
F.W. de Klerk, in full Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, S.Af.) politician who as president of South Africa (1989â94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country.
European Arrival. 1  Jan van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 â 18 January 1677) of the Dutch East India Company, VOC, was a Dutch colonial administrator and the founder of Cape Town. He was the 1st Commander of the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie) from 1652 until 1662.