sed Linux Commands
What is Linux sed Command?
Explanation
sed COMMAND:sed is a stream editor. sed command helps to edit or delete all occurrences of one string to another within a file. It takes a file as input and prints the result on screen or redirects the output to a specified file.SYNTAX :
sed [options] '{command}' [filename]OPTIONS:
Command and its function
-n
do not output the trailing newline
-e
enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters listed below
-E
disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs
Without -E, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:
NNN
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
a
alert (BEL)
b
backspace
c
suppress trailing newline
f
form feed
n
new line
r
carriage return
t
horizontal tab
v
vertical tab
EXAMPLE:
Lets assume that we have a file file1.txt and it has the following data.
hscripts has many valuable free scripts
It is the parent site of www.forums.hscripts.com
hscripts include free tutorials and free gif images
free DNS lookup tool
Purchase scripts from us
A webmaster/web master resource website
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sed G file1.txt>file2.txt
In the above example, using the sed command with G would double space the file file1.txt and output the results to the file2.txt.
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sed = file1.txt | sed 'N;s/n/. /'
In the above example, sed command is used to output each of the lines in file1.txt with the line number followed by a period and a space before each line.
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sed 's/scripts/javascript/g' file1.txt
Opens the file file1.txt and searches for the word 'scripts' and replaces every occurrence with the word 'javascript'.
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sed -n '$=' file1.txt
The above command count the number of lines in the file1.txt and output the results.
sed [options] '{command}' [filename]
OPTIONS:
Command and its function
-n
do not output the trailing newline
-e
enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters listed below
-E
disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs
Without -E, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:
NNN
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
a
alert (BEL)
b
backspace
c
suppress trailing newline
f
form feed
n
new line
r
carriage return
t
horizontal tab
v
vertical tab
EXAMPLE:
Lets assume that we have a file file1.txt and it has the following data.
hscripts has many valuable free scripts
It is the parent site of www.forums.hscripts.com
hscripts include free tutorials and free gif images
free DNS lookup tool
Purchase scripts from us
A webmaster/web master resource website
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sed G file1.txt>file2.txt
In the above example, using the sed command with G would double space the file file1.txt and output the results to the file2.txt.
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sed = file1.txt | sed 'N;s/n/. /'
In the above example, sed command is used to output each of the lines in file1.txt with the line number followed by a period and a space before each line.
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sed 's/scripts/javascript/g' file1.txt
Opens the file file1.txt and searches for the word 'scripts' and replaces every occurrence with the word 'javascript'.
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sed -n '$=' file1.txt
The above command count the number of lines in the file1.txt and output the results.
| -n | do not output the trailing newline |
| -e | enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters listed below |
| -E | disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs |
| NNN | the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal) |
| a | alert (BEL) |
| b | backspace |
| c | suppress trailing newline |
| f | form feed |
| n | new line |
| r | carriage return |
| t | horizontal tab |
| v | vertical tab |
Lets assume that we have a file file1.txt and it has the following data.
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hscripts has many valuable free scripts It is the parent site of www.forums.hscripts.com hscripts include free tutorials and free gif images free DNS lookup tool Purchase scripts from us A webmaster/web master resource website |
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sed G file1.txt>file2.txt
In the above example, using the sed command with G would double space the file file1.txt and output the results to the file2.txt. -
sed = file1.txt | sed 'N;s/n/. /'
In the above example, sed command is used to output each of the lines in file1.txt with the line number followed by a period and a space before each line. -
sed 's/scripts/javascript/g' file1.txtOpens the file file1.txt and searches for the word 'scripts' and replaces every occurrence with the word 'javascript'.
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sed -n '$=' file1.txtThe above command count the number of lines in the file1.txt and output the results.
