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+# Header.
+
+# bad: get the first five lines of input.txt with all 'foo'
+# replaced with 'bar'
+head -n 5 input.txt | sed -e 's/foo/bar/g' > output.txt
+
+# good: use sed's address ranges and command groups to do
+# the same thing with only one fork
+sed -n -e '1,5{ s/foo/bar/g ; p }' input.txt > output.txt
+
+# good: another way is with an extra command which exits
+# on line 5
+sed -n -e 's/foo/bar/gp ; 5q' input.txt > output.txt
+
+# bad: set foo to the first line containing somestring
+foo=$(sed -n -e '/somestring/p' input.txt | head -n 1 )
+
+# good: use early exit to do the same thing in pure sed
+foo=$(sed -n -e '/somestring/{ p ; q }' input.txt )
+
+# bad: output the last line matching 'somestring'
+sed -n -e '/somestring/p' input.txt | tail -n 1
+
+# good: do this in pure sed using the hold space
+sed -n -e '/somestring/h ; ${ x ; p }'