Someone even wrote a version of dc (the arbitrary precision RPN desktop calculator) with it. They were clearly insane of course, but it proves that sed is more than just find and replace.
Honourable mention to awk’s sub() and gsub() that, at least for basic find/replace, do the same thing. awk is often surprisingly quick.
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seddoes more thans///g, right?Someone even wrote a version of
dc(the arbitrary precision RPNdesktopcalculator) with it. They were clearly insane of course, but it proves thatsedis more than just find and replace.Honourable mention to
awk’ssub()andgsub()that, at least for basic find/replace, do the same thing.awkis often surprisingly quick.