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+This is the GNU implementation of sed, the Unix stream editor.
+
+See the NEWS file for a brief summary and the ChangeLog for 
+more detailed descriptions of changes.
+
+See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation
+instructions.
+
+See the file BUGS for instructions about reporting bugs.
+
+The file README.boot gives instructions for making a "bootstrap"
+version of sed on systems which lack any pre-existing and working
+version of sed.