GNU sed Alternatives

GNU sed is described as 'Sed (stream editor) is a Unix utility that parses text and implements a programming language which can apply transformations to such text. It reads input line by line (sequentially), applying the operation which has been specified via the command line (or a sed script), and then' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GNU sed for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best GNU sed alternative is Perl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU sed are Find and Replace (FNR), Text Workflow, NimbleText and Gema.

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  1. Perl icon

    Perl

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    Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development.

    80 Perl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  2. Find and Replace (FNR) icon

    Find and Replace (FNR)

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    Find and Replace (FNR) is an open source tool to find and replace text in multiple files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Find and Replace (FNR) screenshot 1
     
  4. Text Workflow icon

    Text Workflow

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    Automate text transformations. Combine transformation actions and create powerful automations for your text. Text Workflow removes the need to perform repetitive tasks manually on your text.

    24 Text Workflow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Text Workflow screenshot 1
     
  5. NimbleText icon

    NimbleText

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    NimbleText is a text manipulation and code generation tool available online or as a free download. It magnifies your ability to perform incredible feats of text and data wrangling.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    NimbleText screenshot 1
     
  6. Gema icon

    Gema

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    Gema is a general purpose text processing utility based on the concept of pattern matching. In general, it reads an input file and copies it to an output file, while performing certain transformations to the data as specified by a set of patterns defined by the user.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. TXR icon

    TXR

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    TXR is a pragmatic, convenient data munging language oriented toward processing of text from files or streams, using multiple programming paradigms. It is influenced by concepts from text processing languages such as awk or perl, pattern matching concepts from logic/AI...

    8 TXR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. B

    Bracmat

     1 like

    Programming language for symbolic computation with extraordinary combination of pattern matching features: tree patterns, associative patterns and expressions embedded in patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. S

    SNR (Search-n-Replace)

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    SNR is a free Windows command-line utility that performs multiple string-replacement operations on a data file in a single pass.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Command Prompt
     
  11. G

    gsar - General Search And Replace

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    gsar is a utility for searching for and --- optionally --- replacing strings in both text and binary files. The search and replace strings can contain all kinds of characters (0--255), i.e. Ctrl characters and extended ASCII as well.

    4 gsar - General Search And Replace alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Solaris
    • OpenSolaris
    • MS-DOS
    • IBM AIX
    • HP-UX
     
  12. P

    Procedural Text Edit

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    Text processing tool with a powerful and easy to learn language.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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