sed replace text code example

Example 1: linux replace string in all files

sed -i 's/old-text/new-text/g' input.txt

Example 2: sed replace in file

sed -i 's/foo/bar/g' hello.txt

Example 3: sed replace all occurances?

echo dog dog dos | sed -e 's:dog:log:g'

#You can also use the above answer with appropriate slashes like
echo "grepper is a nice grepper" | sed "s/grepper/blow/g"

Example 4: sed replace from match

Just use a similar example with using ".*" regex with sed as following:
sed 's/match_pattern.*/replacement_of_match_and_rest_of_line/' file.txt

Example 5: sed replace word with newline

For substituting with newline use sed command to replace a match with a
not used char and tr command to replace that char with a newline '\n'
#For example:
echo "123." | sed -E 's/([[:digit:]]*)\./\1|next line/' | tr '|' '\n'

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