💻 Sed

Wrap every line output in quotes

sed 's/"\(.*\)/"\1"/g'

Remove Whitespace Lines

sed '/^$/d'

Remove everything before match

sed 's/.*match//'

Remove everything after match

sed 's/match.*//g'

Replace first instance of match

sed '0,/example1/{s/example1/example2/}'

Replace Nth instance of match

sed 's/example1/example2/2g
2g == 2nd match

Print Nth Line

sed -n '7p'
7th line
sed '7!d'
Also 7th line

Replace newline chracter w/space

Tip: Easier with tr
- tr '"\n' ' ' < input_filename

Remove brackets and everything inside brackets

sed -e 's/\[[^][]*\]//g'

Add line numbers to the beginning of each line

s/^/\=line('.').". "
- 🔗Vim: %s/^/\=line('.').". "

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