cli-sedHow to use the CLI to modify the head of a file using sed?
Using the sed
command line utility, you can modify the head of a file. sed
stands for "stream editor" and can be used to perform editing operations on text streams and files. Here is an example of how to use sed
to modify the head of a file:
sed -i '1s/.*/This is the new head of the file/' <file_name>
This command replaces the first line of the file with the text This is the new head of the file
.
Code explanation
sed
: The command line utility used for editing streams and files.-i
: This flag tellssed
to edit the file in-place, meaning that it will modify the original file instead of creating a new one.1s/.*/This is the new head of the file/
: This is the edit command. The1
tellssed
to edit the first line of the file, thes
tellssed
to substitute the line, the.*
tellssed
to match any characters, and theThis is the new head of the file
is the text that will replace the first line.<file_name>
: This is the name of the file that will be edited.
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