sed
Summary
A stream editor that's a specialized programming tool for parsing and transforming text. Though limited compared to general-purpose languages, sed excels at performing text transformations on an input stream.
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text processing, automation, scripting
Key Features
pattern matching, string interpolation
Typing
untyped system
Compilation
interpreted
Influenced By
ed, grep
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File extensions
sed
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1974 |
| Designed by | Lee E. McMahon |
| Developed by | Bell Labs |
| PyPL Index | N/A |
| TIOBE Index | N/A |
| GitHub rank | #42 |