How do I display only the changed content when using a sed script?



  • Also see:
    sed(1) - stream editor for filtering and transforming text

    Demo file:

    $ cat breakfast
    coffee
    toast
    eggs
    butter
    jam
    honey
    hooney pie
    coffee
    3 Cheese omelette
    

    sed will normally display everything including the lines not affected by the sed script.

    For example, changing toast to melon will give the following output.

    $ sed -e 's/toast/melon/' breakfast
    coffee
    melon
    eggs
    butter
    jam
    honey
    hooney pie
    coffee
    3 Cheese omelette
    

    Only display the changed content.

    $ sed -n -e 's/toast/melon/p' breakfast
    melon
    

    The sed switch -n and sed command p

           -n, --quiet, --silent
    
                  suppress automatic printing of pattern space
    
    p      Print the current pattern space.
    


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