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# sed
> Run replacements based on regular expressions.
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- Replace the first occurrence of a string in a file, and print the result:
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`sed 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
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- Replace all occurrences of an extended regular expression in a file:
`sed -r 's/{{regex}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
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- Replace all occurrences of a string in a file, overwriting the file (i.e. in-place):
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`sed -i 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}`
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- Replace only on lines matching the line pattern:
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`sed '/{{line_pattern}}/s/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
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- Apply multiple find-replace expressions to a file:
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`sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`
- Replace separator / by any other character not used in the find or replace patterns, e.g., #:
`sed 's#{{find}}#{{replace}}#' {{filename}}`