Command Usage
sed s/pattern/replace_string/ file Substitute first string occurrence in a line
sed s/pattern/replace_string/g file Substitute all string occurrences in a line
sed 1,3s/pattern/replace_string/g file Substitute all string occurrences in a range of lines
sed -i s/pattern/replace_string/g file Save changes for string substitution in the same file
Command Usage
awk ‘command’ var=value file Specify a command directly at the command line
awk -f scriptfile var=value file Specify a file that contains the script to be executed along with f
Command Usage
awk ‘{ print $0 }’ /etc/passwd Print entire file
awk -F: ‘{ print $1 }’ /etc/passwd Print first field (column) of every line, separated by a space
awk -F: ‘{ print $1 $6 }’ /etc/passwd Print first and sixth field

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