sed Commands

sed Commands

Command	Function
a\	Appends one or more lines of text to the current line
c\	Changes (replaces) text in the current line with new text
d	Deletes lines
i\	Inserts text above the current line
h	Copies the contents of the pattern space to a holding buffer
H	Appends the contents of the pattern space to a holding buffer
g	Gets what is in the holding buffer and copies it into the pattern buffer, overwriting what was there
G	Gets what is in the holding buffer and copies it into the pattern buffer, appending to what was there
l	Lists nonprinting characters
p	Prints lines
n	Reads the next input line and starts processing the newline with the next command rather than the first command
q	Quits or exits sed
r	Reads lines from a file
!	Applies the command to all lines except the selected ones
s	Substitutes one string for another
Substitution Flags
g	Globally substitutes on a line
p	Prints lines
w	Writes lines out to a file
x	Exchanges contents of the holding buffer with the pattern space
y	Translates one character to another (cannot use regular expression metacharacters with y)