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How can sed be used to make Make multiple in place edits towith a file and only create one backup file?single call to sed

I'm trying to use sed to edit a config file. There are a few lines I'd like to change. I know that sedunder Linux -ised -i allows for in place edits but it requires you save to a backup file. However I would like to avoid having multiple backup files and make all my in place changes at once.

Is there a way to do so with sed -ised -i or is there a better alternative?

Thanks

How can sed be used to make multiple in place edits to a file and only create one backup file?

I'm trying to use sed to edit a config file. There are a few lines I'd like to change. I know that sed -i allows for in place edits but it requires you save to a backup file. However I would like to avoid having multiple backup files and make all my in place changes at once.

Is there a way to do so with sed -i or is there a better alternative?

Thanks

Make multiple edits with a single call to sed

I'm trying to use sed to edit a config file. There are a few lines I'd like to change. I know that under Linux sed -i allows for in place edits but it requires you save to a backup file. However I would like to avoid having multiple backup files and make all my in place changes at once.

Is there a way to do so with sed -i or is there a better alternative?

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asked Mar 9, 2016 at 13:29

rclark

How can sed be used to make multiple in place edits to a file and only create one backup file?

Is there a way to do so with sed -i or is there a better alternative?

Thanks

linux sed