Unix Shell - SED question: entering a blank line above eight character found

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SED question: entering a blank line above eight character found

Kompu Kid

2007-12-28, 1:36 am

Hello All:

After finding a ":", I would like to enter a blank line above the line
that the colon is found.

How do I do this with SED?

Deguza

Bill Marcum

2007-12-28, 7:31 am

On 2007-12-28, Kompu Kid <deguza@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All:
>
> After finding a ":", I would like to enter a blank line above the line
> that the colon is found.
>
> How do I do this with SED?
>
sed '/:/i\
'

> Deguza