Index: head/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 =================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 +++ head/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)sed.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 10, 2016 +.Dd March 27, 2017 .Dt SED 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -586,6 +586,36 @@ .Xr environ 7 . .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +Replace +.Ql bar +with +.Ql baz +when piped from another command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +echo "An alternate word, like bar, is sometimes used in examples." | sed 's/bar/baz/' +.Ed +.Pp +Using backlashes can sometimes be hard to read and follow: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +echo "/home/example" | sed 's/\\/home\\/example/\\/usr\\/local\\/example/' +.Ed +.Pp +Using a different separator can be handy when working with paths: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +echo "/home/example" | sed 's#/home/example#/usr/local/example#' +.Ed +.Pp +Replace all occurances of +.Ql foo +with +.Ql bar +in the file +.Pa test.txt , +without creating a backup of the file: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/' test.txt +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr awk 1 , .Xr ed 1 ,