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Change entry in a config file
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Change an entry in a config file using sed in bash.

sed -r '/PasswordAuthentication/ s/^#/ /; s/(PasswordAuthentication ).*$/\1 no/' ssh_config
        ^ pattern to match        ^remove                             ^ change value
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