Index: sed.1 =================================================================== --- sed.1 +++ sed.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)sed.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 10, 2016 +.Dd March 09, 2017 .Dt SED 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -586,6 +586,23 @@ .Xr environ 7 . .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Replace bar with baz when piped from another command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +echo bar | sed 's/bar/baz/' +.Ed +.Pp +The same as above, but using a different separator: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +echo bar | sed 's#bar#baz#' +.Ed +.Pp +To replace all occurances of foo with bar in the file test.txt, but do not +create a backup of the file: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/' test.txt +.Ed +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr awk 1 , .Xr ed 1 ,