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Ways for sed to match and replace lines
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sed_match_n_replace
# Remove all occurences of string_to_match
sed -i '/string_to_match/d' file
# Match and add new string line
sed -i '/string_to_match/a new_string' file
# Match string and replace the entire line with string line
sed -i '/string_to_match/c\new_string' file
# Match the string and replace with sring
sed -i '/string_to_match/new_string/g' file
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