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# Installing Sed-4.0.7

    Estimated build time:           0.2 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  2 MB

## Contents of Sed

(Last checked against version 3.02.)

sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a pipeline).

Sed installs the following:

### Program Files

sed

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## Sed Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 3.02.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: cat, chmod, expr, hostname, install, ls, mv, rm, echo, sleep, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Gawk: gawk
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Glibc: getconf
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info, makeinfo

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## Installation of Sed

Prepare Sed for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

    make

This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

    make check

And install the package:

    make install

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