bash sed to replace a string code example
Example 1: linux replace string in all files
sed -i 's/old-text/new-text/g' input.txt
Example 2: sed replace
For using match in sed replacement, just border it with '\(' and '\)':
echo Before123 | sed 's/Before\([0-9]*\)/\1After/g'
123After # number is matched withtin '\( \)' and replaced in '\1'
Example with 2 match replacements
echo a_b | sed 's/\(^.*\)_\(.*$\)/first is \1 and \2 is after/g'