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Sed Command Examples

The document provides a series of examples demonstrating the use of the 'sed' command in Linux/Unix for text manipulation. It covers various operations such as replacing text, printing specific lines, deleting lines, inserting and appending text, and saving output to a new file. Each example includes the command used and the resulting output, illustrating the functionality of 'sed'.

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Sed Command Examples

The document provides a series of examples demonstrating the use of the 'sed' command in Linux/Unix for text manipulation. It covers various operations such as replacing text, printing specific lines, deleting lines, inserting and appending text, and saving output to a new file. Each example includes the command used and the resulting output, illustrating the functionality of 'sed'.

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sed Command in Linux/Unix - Examples and Output

Original File Content

Line one: Hello World


Line two: Welcome to Linux
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Linux
Line five: Goodbye

1. Replace first 'Linux' with 'Unix' in each line

Command:
sed 's/Linux/Unix/' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line two: Welcome to Unix
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Unix
Line five: Goodbye

2. Replace all 'Linux' with 'Unix' in each line

Command:
sed 's/Linux/Unix/g' [Link]

Output is same as above if each line has only one 'Linux'.

3. Print only line 2

Command:
sed -n '2p' [Link]

Output:
Line two: Welcome to Linux

4. Delete line 3

Command:
sed '3d' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line two: Welcome to Linux
Line four: Learn Linux
Line five: Goodbye
sed Command in Linux/Unix - Examples and Output

5. Delete lines containing 'Linux'

Command:
sed '/Linux/d' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line three: sed is powerful
Line five: Goodbye

6. Insert a line before line 3

Command:
sed '3i This is an inserted line' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line two: Welcome to Linux
This is an inserted line
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Linux
Line five: Goodbye

7. Append a line after line 2

Command:
sed '2a This is an appended line' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line two: Welcome to Linux
This is an appended line
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Linux
Line five: Goodbye

8. Replace 'Linux' with 'Unix' only on line 4

Command:
sed '4s/Linux/Unix/' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hello World
Line two: Welcome to Linux
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Unix
Line five: Goodbye
sed Command in Linux/Unix - Examples and Output

9. Multiple commands - replace 'Hello' on line 1 and delete line 5

Command:
sed -e '1s/Hello/Hi/' -e '5d' [Link]

Output:
Line one: Hi World
Line two: Welcome to Linux
Line three: sed is powerful
Line four: Learn Linux

10. Save output to new file after replacing 'Linux' with 'Unix'

Command:
sed 's/Linux/Unix/g' [Link] > [Link]

This saves the output to [Link] without modifying the original.

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