In-place edit with backup
Edit in-place and save original as file.txt.bak
sed -i.bak 's/old/new/g' file.txt
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- sed15 commands
More sed commands
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sed '/^#/d' config.txtDelete all comment lines starting with #
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sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' file.txtRemove all empty or whitespace-only lines
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sed -n '10,20p' file.txtPrint lines 10 through 20 only (suppress default output with -n)
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sed -n '/ERROR/p' app.logPrint only lines that match ERROR
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sed '/^server_name/i # Added by deploy script' nginx.confInsert a comment line before every server_name directive