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Index: head/usr.bin/sed/sed.1
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--- 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 ,

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