linux/sed

Stream Editor

Stream editor for filtering and transforming text

text
editing
stream

Command

sed

Explanation

sed is a stream editor used to perform basic text transformations on input streams.

Examples

Replace all occurrences

sed 's/old/new/g' file.txt

Print lines 5-10

sed -n '5,10p' file.txt

Edit file in place

sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' file.txt