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How do you find and replace text in a file using the sed command in Linux?
How do you find and replace text in a file using the sed command in Linux?
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The sed command (stream editor) can be used to find and replace text in a file. The basic syntax is sed ‘s/pattern/replacement/g’ filename.
For example: to replace all occurrences of “true” with “False” in a file
sed ‘s/true/False/g’ file_name