sed:

stream editor for filtering and transforming text, it can perform lots of functions on
file like searching, find and replace, insertion or deletion

 Replacing or Substituting String :

sed ‘/s/new_string/old_string/’ filename

this replaces only the first occurrence in the file

To Replace Globally In The File

sed ‘/s/new_string/old_string/g’ filename

To Insert Changes In File

sed -i ‘/s/new_string/old_string’ filename

 Deleting

sed ‘nd’ filename

n=no of line, d=delete

to delete in range

sed ‘1,4d’ filename

deletes in range that is 1-4 lines

sed –i