Copy a file to standard output after editing according to a set of commands.
sed [options] [
editing_commands
] [
-e’instructions’ applies the editing instructions to the file.
-f
scriptfile applies editing commands from
scriptfile.
-n suppresses default output.
The
sed command is known as the stream editor—it copies a file to standard output while applying specified editing commands. If you do not specify a file, it reads from the standard input. To use the stream editor, you have to learn its editing commands, which are very similar to the ones the
ed editor uses (described in Chapter 11).