Useful 'sed' examples
1. Replace the first line of a file with a string
sed -i '1 s/^.*$/string/' FILE
2. Replace an entire line containing a string with string2
sed -i '/string/c\string2' FILE
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sed -i 's/.*string.*/string2/g' FILE
3. Remove an entire line containing a string
sed -i '/string/d' FILE
4. To replace a word with word2
sed -i 's/word/word2/g' FILE
5. Create a backup first before replacing the word
sed -i.bak 's/word/word2/g' FILE
sed -i '1 s/^.*$/string/' FILE
2. Replace an entire line containing a string with string2
sed -i '/string/c\string2' FILE
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sed -i 's/.*string.*/string2/g' FILE
3. Remove an entire line containing a string
sed -i '/string/d' FILE
4. To replace a word with word2
sed -i 's/word/word2/g' FILE
5. Create a backup first before replacing the word
sed -i.bak 's/word/word2/g' FILE
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