diff --git a/sheets/sed b/sheets/sed index 3ebd5a4..34040a6 100644 --- a/sheets/sed +++ b/sheets/sed @@ -1,2 +1,14 @@ -# Edit a file, via substitution, in-place; changes are made to the file(s). +# Preview a file edit, via substitution. +sudo sed 's/Name=Xfce Session/Name=Xfce_Session/' /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop + +# Replace the same string more than once per line (appending g flag), via substitution. +sudo sed 's/Name=Xfce Session/Name=Xfce_Session/g' /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop + +# Edit a file (adding -i flag), via substitution, in-place; changes are made to the file(s). sudo sed -i 's/Name=Xfce Session/Name=Xfce_Session/' /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop + +# It can become necessary to escape special characters in your string. +sed -i 's/\/path\/to\/somewhere\//\/path\/to\/anotherplace\//' /tmp/filetoedit + +# Change your sed delimiter to a pipe to avoid escaping slashes. +sed -i 's|/path/to/somewhere/|/path/to/anotherplace/|' /tmp/filetoedit