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--- linux:sed [2021/12/11 12:39] – [Using as regex to get stuff] utedass
+++ linux:sed [2022/09/12 00:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 By default, everything that is not deleted (by a delete command) is printed to stdout. To inhibit this, pass '-n' flag.
-Forward dash '/' is a separator character. It is used to separate different commands and their arguments.
+Forward dash ''/'' is usually a separator character. It is used to separate different commands and their arguments.
+Truth to be told, almost any character can be used as a separator. The first character after the command seems to be used as a separator. Thus '' 's/some text/other text/p' '' could be written as '''sKsome textKother textKp' ''.
 sed takes a string as argument, which can contain commands, that in turn contain matching strings.
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 For example the command to print a line that matches something would be
 <code bash>
-echo testfil.txt | sed -n 'something/p'
+echo testfil.txt | sed -n '/something/p'
 </code>