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In sed, you don't have to use "/" to separate your statement.
sed 's/this/that/g' is the same as sed 's#this#that#g'.
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+!How can I EDIT a file using sed?
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+Use the ''-i'' switch.
+This means that the file you supply to sed is overwritten with the changes made by sed.
+If you don't want to lose the original file then after the ''-i'' switch you can add a backup extension.
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+For example:
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+*sed -i.bkp '1,2d' test.txt
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+This will edit test.txt and the original file can be found in test.txt.bkp
