AI engineering glossary · Command line Git
What is sed?
sed: A stream editor that changes text as it flows through, applying rules such as substitution to each line without opening a file interactively. It is commonly used for quick find-and-replace in scripts and pipelines.
sed: an example
sed 's/foo/bar/g' notes.txt prints the file with every foo replaced by bar.
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Where you learn it
sed is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.