Concept Index

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This is a general index of all issues discussed in this manual, with the exception of the sed commands and command-line options.

Additional reading about sed: Other Resources
addr1,+N: Addresses
addr1,~N: Addresses
Address, as a regular expression: Addresses
Address, last line: Addresses
Address, numeric: Addresses
Addresses, in sed scripts: Addresses
Append hold space to pattern space: Other Commands
Append next input line to pattern space: Other Commands
Append pattern space to hold space: Other Commands
Appending text after a line: Other Commands
Backreferences, in regular expressions: The "s" Command
Branch to a label, if s/// failed: Extended Commands
Branch to a label, if s/// succeeded: Programming Commands
Branch to a label, unconditionally: Programming Commands
Buffer spaces, pattern and hold: Execution Cycle
Bugs, reporting: Reporting Bugs
Case-insensitive matching: The "s" Command
Caveat — #n on first line: Common Commands
Command groups: Common Commands
Comments, in scripts: Common Commands
Conditional branch: Extended Commands
Conditional branch: Programming Commands
Copy hold space into pattern space: Other Commands
Copy pattern space into hold space: Other Commands
Delete first line from pattern space: Other Commands
Disabling autoprint, from command line: Invoking sed
empty regular expression: Addresses
Evaluate Bourne-shell commands: Extended Commands
Evaluate Bourne-shell commands, after substitution: The "s" Command
Exchange hold space with pattern space: Other Commands
Excluding lines: Addresses
Extended regular expressions, choosing: Invoking sed
Extended regular expressions, syntax: Extended regexps
Files to be processed as input: Invoking sed
Flow of control in scripts: Programming Commands
Global substitution: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, /dev/stderr file: Other Commands
GNU extensions, /dev/stderr file: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, /dev/stdin file: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, /dev/stdin file: Other Commands
GNU extensions, /dev/stdout file: Other Commands
GNU extensions, /dev/stdout file: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, /dev/stdout file: Invoking sed
GNU extensions, 0 address: Addresses
GNU extensions, 0,addr2 addressing: Addresses
GNU extensions, addr1,+N addressing: Addresses
GNU extensions, addr1,~N addressing: Addresses
GNU extensions, branch if s/// failed: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, case modifiers in s commands: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, checking for their presence: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, disabling: Invoking sed
GNU extensions, evaluating Bourne-shell commands: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, evaluating Bourne-shell commands: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, extended regular expressions: Invoking sed
GNU extensions, g and number modifier interaction in s command: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, I modifier: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, I modifier: Addresses
GNU extensions, in-place editing: Reporting Bugs
GNU extensions, in-place editing: Invoking sed
GNU extensions, L command: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, M modifier: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, modifiers and the empty regular expression: Addresses
GNU extensions, `n~m' addresses: Addresses
GNU extensions, quitting silently: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, R command: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, reading a file a line at a time: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, reformatting paragraphs: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, returning an exit code: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, returning an exit code: Common Commands
GNU extensions, setting line length: Other Commands
GNU extensions, special escapes: Reporting Bugs
GNU extensions, special escapes: Escapes
GNU extensions, special two-address forms: Addresses
GNU extensions, subprocesses: Extended Commands
GNU extensions, subprocesses: The "s" Command
GNU extensions, to basic regular expressions: Reporting Bugs
GNU extensions, to basic regular expressions: Regular Expressions
GNU extensions, two addresses supported by most commands: Other Commands
GNU extensions, unlimited line length: Limitations
GNU extensions, writing first line to a file: Extended Commands
Goto, in scripts: Programming Commands
Greedy regular expression matching: Regular Expressions
Grouping commands: Common Commands
Hold space, appending from pattern space: Other Commands
Hold space, appending to pattern space: Other Commands
Hold space, copy into pattern space: Other Commands
Hold space, copying pattern space into: Other Commands
Hold space, definition: Execution Cycle
Hold space, exchange with pattern space: Other Commands
In-place editing: Reporting Bugs
In-place editing, activating: Invoking sed
In-place editing, Perl-style backup file names: Invoking sed
Inserting text before a line: Other Commands
Labels, in scripts: Programming Commands
Last line, selecting: Addresses
Line length, setting: Other Commands
Line length, setting: Invoking sed
Line number, printing: Other Commands
Line selection: Addresses
Line, selecting by number: Addresses
Line, selecting by regular expression match: Addresses
Line, selecting last: Addresses
List pattern space: Other Commands
Mixing g and number modifiers in the s command: The "s" Command
Next input line, append to pattern space: Other Commands
Next input line, replace pattern space with: Common Commands
Non-bugs, in-place editing: Reporting Bugs
Non-bugs, N command on the last line: Reporting Bugs
Non-bugs, regex syntax clashes: Reporting Bugs
Parenthesized substrings: The "s" Command
Pattern space, definition: Execution Cycle
Perl-style regular expressions, multiline: Addresses
Portability, comments: Common Commands
Portability, line length limitations: Limitations
Portability, N command on the last line: Reporting Bugs
POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior, bracket expressions: Regular Expressions
POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior, enabling: Invoking sed
POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior, escapes: Escapes
POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior, N command: Reporting Bugs
Print first line from pattern space: Other Commands
Printing line number: Other Commands
Printing text unambiguously: Other Commands
Quitting: Extended Commands
Quitting: Common Commands
Range of lines: Addresses
Range with start address of zero: Addresses
Read next input line: Common Commands
Read text from a file: Extended Commands
Read text from a file: Other Commands
Reformat pattern space: Extended Commands
Reformatting paragraphs: Extended Commands
Replace hold space with copy of pattern space: Other Commands
Replace pattern space with copy of hold space: Other Commands
Replacing all text matching regexp in a line: The "s" Command
Replacing only nth match of regexp in a line: The "s" Command
Replacing selected lines with other text: Other Commands
Requiring GNU sed: Extended Commands
Script structure: sed Programs
Script, from a file: Invoking sed
Script, from command line: Invoking sed
sed program structure: sed Programs
Selecting lines to process: Addresses
Selecting non-matching lines: Addresses
Several lines, selecting: Addresses
Slash character, in regular expressions: Addresses
Spaces, pattern and hold: Execution Cycle
Special addressing forms: Addresses
Standard input, processing as input: Invoking sed
Stream editor: Introduction
Subprocesses: Extended Commands
Subprocesses: The "s" Command
Substitution of text, options: The "s" Command
Text, appending: Other Commands
Text, deleting: Common Commands
Text, insertion: Other Commands
Text, printing: Common Commands
Text, printing after substitution: The "s" Command
Text, writing to a file after substitution: The "s" Command
Transliteration: Other Commands
Unbuffered I/O, choosing: Invoking sed
Usage summary, printing: Invoking sed
Version, printing: Invoking sed
Working on separate files: Invoking sed
Write first line to a file: Extended Commands
Write to a file: Other Commands
Zero, as range start address: Addresses