What is use of sed command?

Answer Posted / sumitabha das

sed is a multipurpose tool which combines the work of
several filters.

sed uses instructions to act on text.
AN instruction combines an address for selecting lines with
an action to be taken on then , as shown by the syntax

sed options 'address action' file(s)

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