[Gllug] Awk Sed

[Gordon Joly]

At 20:18 +0000 2001-12-06, Stig Brautaset wrote:

>
>$ sed -e 's/1/2/g' file > c && mv c file
>
>will change all occurences of "1" to "2" in file. I don't think sed can
>do in-file replacements though, but I am sure someone can prove me wrong
>(I would be quite glad if someone could, because I have missed that
>feature).
>
>Regards,
>Stig


It is all on the name.

sed = streaming ed (streaming editor)

So, no, it will only edit streams (e.g. from files, sockets(?), or stdio etc).

Gordo
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