MY MISTAKE - I MISUNDERSTOOD THE VIDEO ABOUT sed. PLEASE IGNORE MY "bug" REPORT! SORRY! "For we have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of Power; of Love; & of a Sound Mind." 2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7. On 18 September 2015 at 18:14, Beagleburt wrote: > I am doing an online course "Introduction to Linux" > [image: edX] Home Page LinuxFoundationX: LFS101x.2 > Introduction to Linux > Chapter 13: Manipulating Text; Section 2. sed & awk > > ~$ cat > test1 > This is a Sample Test File for the sed command. > The sed command is used to edit contents in a file. > For example, the sed command is used to replace words in a line or file. > ~$ sed s/is/are/ test1 > Thare is a Sample Test File for the sed command. > The sed command are used to edit contents in a file. > For example, the sed command are used to replace words in a line or file. > > As you can see above the 1st instance of "is" in "This" is replaced by > "are" giving "Thare"; BUT the following two lines also have "is" replaced > by "are" EXCEPT for the "is" after "Thare". It is ALMOST as if I had > invoked the global: sed s/is/are/g test1 EXCEPT for the 2nd "is" after > "Thare"? > > I am using sed version: sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2 > > 'b'ye - Bruce Gilbert. > > > > "For we have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of Power; of > Love; & of a Sound Mind." 2nd Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7. >