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ed: Replace a string with a specific replacement for all lines.
$ ,s/${regular_expression}/${replacement}/g
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This command is written in a format typically used in the context of search and replace operations in various text processing utilities, such as sed or awk.

The command syntax follows this pattern:

s/${regular_expression}/${replacement}/g

  • 's' is the command character that indicates a search and replace operation.
  • '${regular_expression}' is the regular expression pattern that is searched for in the text.
  • '${replacement}' is the text that replaces the matches found by the regular expression.
  • 'g' is an optional flag that stands for "global" and specifies that all occurrences of the regular expression should be replaced, not just the first one.

So, if you were to use this command in a text processing utility like sed, it would search the input text for the occurrences of the regular expression and replace them with the given replacement text. If the 'g' flag is included, it would perform the replacement for all occurrences found in the input text, not just the first match.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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