• Replace a line with specific text:
    ls -al | sed -e '/swp$/c\TEMPORARY FILE'
  • only want to change a few words?
  • replace first occurance on any line:
    ls -al | sed -e 's/old/new'
  • replace all occurances on any line:
    ls -al | sed -e 's/old/new/g'
  • combine with search!
  • ls -al | sed -e'/html$/s/rw-r--r--/644/'
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