sed already has an option for editing files in place and making backup copies of the old file. -i will edit a file in place and if you give it an argument, it will make a backup file using that string as an extension.

the sed way to print line numbers

searching for sed to make a csv, I found the solution from Mr. Stolz in http://funarg.nfshost.com/r2/notes/sed-return-comma.html

you can also to use:

But I was looking for a sed way =)

Change run control links from start "S" to stop "K" (kill) for whatever run levels in curly braces for a service called "myservice". NEWFN variable is for the new filename stored in the in-line shell. Use different list of run levels (rc*.d, rc{1,3,5}.d, etc.) and/or swap S with K in the command to change function of run control links.

Replace the word 'war' to word 'peace' in every file in the current directory.

Slightly simpler version of previous sed command that does the same thing. In this case, the output will stop at the command, and the entire command will be terminated as well, instead of proceeding through the whole file.

The command gives size of all files smaller than 1024k, this information, together with disk usage, can help determin file system parameter (e.g. block size) or storage device (e.g. SSD v.s. HDD).

Note if you use awk instead of "cut| dc", you easily breach maximum allowed number of records in awk.

If BREs can be used, this sed version will also get the job done.

Esse comando procura por arquivos php que que iniciem com '

This can show all ls colors, with a demo.

If you want all the URLs from all the sessions, you can use :

Thanks to tybalt89 ( idea of the "for" statement ).

For perl purists, there's JSON and File::Slurp modules, buts that's not installed by default.

Print out contents of file with line numbers.

This version will print a number for every line, and separates the numbering from the line with a tab.

There's too many options to number,

My curiosity has forced me to make it using only sed.

Maybe useful... or not... :-S

Tested on MacOS X

Require "grep -P" ( pcre ).

If you don't have grep -P, use that :

Only need to install Image Magick package.

Display a xkcd comic with its title and save it in /tmp directory

If you prefer to view the newest xkcd, use this command:

This command find all files in the current dir and subdirs, and replace all occurances of "oldstring" in every file with "newstring".

will search trought pidgin conversation logs for "searchterm", and output them stripping the html tags. The "sed" command is optionnal if your logs are stored in plain text format.

same thing as the other

ABBA would be more entertaining if they sang this.