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Learn SED with examples

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 11, 2012

Before going to learn SED a brief intro is required.
a)sed is a Stream EDitor.

b)It reads line by line when a file is fed to it.

c)sed will not edit the input file by default and it displays output on the screen.

d)SED is mainly used for search for a term and replace with desired term in a file/stream
SED can do following things.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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