10.1. How sed reads data
Sed will read a line of text from a file or from other forms of standard input, and copy it into an editing buffer area. It will then read the first command from either the command line or a script, and using these commands, will find the pattern or address line and edit it. It will then repeat this procedure until there are no more commands left.
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