Stream Editor
Updated: April 28, 2024
Sed is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream. Essentially used for substitution or as a find and replace. Files can be edited without opening them!
Stream Editor
= # output current line number
a # append text after the current line
c # change
d # delete the current line
i # insert text in front of the current line
p # print the current line
q # quit sed without processing any more lines, (if no -n, then output current line)
Q # quit sed without processing any more lines
; # have more than one editing command 's/lazy/laxy/; s/jumped/jimped/'
-n # no autoprint
'2,5p' # range of lines to print
sed -n '/SUSE/!p' distros.txt # all lines except those matched by regex
n # line number
$ # last line
/regex/ # lines matching a regular expression
sed -f applies to files.
sed -i # In-Place File Editing (make sure you list extension as could corrupt)
sed -i 's/lpve/love/; s/dsylight/daylight/' moon.txt # changes first for the last
echo "moon" | sed '1s/moon/mars/' # changes moon to mars on line 1
echo "this is my Test" | sed 's/t/T/' # Capaitalize all t's at beginning of a word
echo "this is my Test" | sed 's/t/T/g' # g makes it global so all t's will capitalize
'3s/front/back/' # substitute front with back on 3rd line