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Sed Command Examples

The document provides examples of using the sed command for text manipulation in files. It covers basic deletion, printing, substitution, insertion, and in-place editing techniques. Each section includes specific commands for various use cases, such as deleting lines, replacing text, and modifying files directly.

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Sed Command Examples

The document provides examples of using the sed command for text manipulation in files. It covers basic deletion, printing, substitution, insertion, and in-place editing techniques. Each section includes specific commands for various use cases, such as deleting lines, replacing text, and modifying files directly.

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sed Command Examples

1. Basic Deletion Examples

1.1 Delete specific lines


# Delete line 3

sed '3d' file.txt

# Delete lines 5-10

sed '5,10d' file.txt

# Delete last line

sed '$d' file.txt

1.2 Delete pattern-matched lines


# Delete lines containing "error"

sed '/error/d' file.txt

# Delete blank lines

sed '/^$/d' file.txt

2. Basic Printing Examples

2.1 Print specific lines


# Print only line 7

sed -n '7p' file.txt

# Print lines 20-30

sed -n '20,30p' file.txt

2.2 Print pattern-matched lines


# Print lines containing "warning"
sed -n '/warning/p' file.txt

# Print lines starting with "#" (comments)

sed -n '/^#/p' file.txt

3. Basic Substitution Examples

3.1 Simple text replacement


# Replace first "apple" with "orange" on each line

sed 's/apple/orange/' fruits.txt

# Replace ALL "cat" with "dog"

sed 's/cat/dog/g' pets.txt

3.2 Character-level replacements


# Replace tabs with spaces

sed 's/\t/ /g' file.txt

# Convert DOS line endings (CRLF) to Unix (LF)

sed 's/\r$//' dosfile.txt

4. Basic Insertion/Appending Examples

4.1 Add lines at specific positions


# Insert line before line 4

sed '4i\This is new text' file.txt

# Append line after line 8

sed '8a\This comes after' file.txt

# Add header to file

sed '1i\Title: My Document' doc.txt


5. Basic In-Place Editing

5.1 Modify files directly


# Edit file with backup

sed -i.bak 's/old/new/g' file.txt

# Edit file without backup (GNU sed)

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

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