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To learn more about these pattern defining instructions, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed#Other_sed_commands Sed Commands].
To learn more about these pattern defining instructions, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed#Other_sed_commands Sed Commands].


=Quick Tutorial=
This 8 minute video<ref>{{:Video/How to use Sed substitutions, from basic to advanced - Yes, I Know IT ! Ep 08}}</ref> could significantly speed up your understanding of [[sed]].
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 28 January 2022

sed is a unix command for stream data editor.

Special Characters

When dealing with special characters, use a different set of separators. For example: when dealing with ', use the following command:

sed "/'/d" OriginalTextualContent.txt > NoSeparator.txt 

Two or more replacement rules

If one needs to replace more than one set of characters, one can use the following expression:

sed -e "/'/d" -e "s/,/|/g" OriginalTextualContent.txt > NoSeparator.txt 

Note the two -e prefixes. These prefixes defines the multiple substitution expressions.

For more explainations, see[1] Click here to see the portion that talks about special characters

Pattern matching with . * and $

To remove some string after certain character, say |, see the following example:

echo "Module:734556565|Module:certainModuleName3" | sed "s/|.*$//"

Output:

Module:734556565

To learn more about these pattern defining instructions, see Sed Commands.


Quick Tutorial

This 8 minute video[2] could significantly speed up your understanding of sed.


References

  1. DistroTube, ed. (Jun 25, 2021). Learning Sed Is Beneficial For Linux Users. local page: DistroTube. 
  2. Yes, I Know IT !, ed. (Mar 2, 2017). How to use Sed substitutions, from basic to advanced - Yes, I Know IT ! Ep 08. local page: Yes, I Know IT !. 

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