The best replacement for sed is awk.


The best alternatives to sed are rated as following:
★★★★★  awk
★★★  said
★★  grep
★★  oled
★★  tr
★  perl
★  eei
★  sli
★  nafta
  fed
  awk faster
  fde
  bitlocker

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Speaking about sed, one probably shouldn't forget about regex.

Other search terms related to sed and their ratings are:

★★★★★ regex
★★★★★ variables
★★★ newline
★★★ regular expressions
★★★ variable
★★ special characters
★★ backslash
awk
shell variables
find
single quotes
xargs
multiple patterns
line number
double quotes
new line
shell variable
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