diff --git a/pages/common/sed.md b/pages/common/sed.md index 009e91e7d..b4054c9a7 100644 --- a/pages/common/sed.md +++ b/pages/common/sed.md @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ > Run replacements based on regular expressions. -- replace the first occurrence of a string in a file, and print the result +- Replace the first occurrence of a string in a file, and print the result: `sed 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}` -- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, overwriting the file (i.e. in-place) +- Replace all occurrences of a string in a file, overwriting the file (i.e. in-place): `sed -i 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}` @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ `sed -r 's/{{regex}}/{{replace}}/g' {{filename}}` -- apply multiple find-replace expressions to a file +- Apply multiple find-replace expressions to a file: `sed -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' -e 's/{{find}}/{{replace}}/' {{filename}}`