Posted by Eric Layman on 01/27/07 20:18

Thanks

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:51u02dF1lp1jqU2@mid.individual.net...
> Eric Layman wrote:
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Would u kindly explain "sed" command please?
>
> From the manual:
>
> NAME
> sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text
>
> SYNOPSIS
> sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic
> text
> transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a
> pipeline).
> While in some ways similar to an editor which permits scripted
> edits
> (such as ed), sed works by making only one pass over the input(s),
> and
> is consequently more efficient. But it is sed's ability to filter
> text
> in a pipeline which particularly distinguishes it from other types
> of
> editors.
>
> http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?sed
>
> --
>
> //Aho



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