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<TITLE>sed, a stream editor - Introduction</TITLE>
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<p>Go to the first, previous, <A HREF="sed_2.html">next</A>, <A HREF="sed_9.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="sed_toc.html">table of contents</A>.
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<H1><A NAME="SEC1" HREF="sed_toc.html#TOC1">Introduction</A></H1>
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SED is a stream editor.
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A stream editor is used to perform basic text
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transformations on an input stream
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(a file or input from a pipeline).
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While in some ways similar to an editor which
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permits scripted edits (such as ED),
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SED works by making only one pass over the
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input(s), and is consequently more efficient.
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But it is SED's ability to filter text in a pipeline
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which particularly distinguishes it from other types of
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editors.
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<p>Go to the first, previous, <A HREF="sed_2.html">next</A>, <A HREF="sed_9.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="sed_toc.html">table of contents</A>.
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