new sed commands (#2104)

* delete and insert text with sed

* regex ranges and replacements

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Here's some hints on using sed.
---
## In place replacements
### Replacements
### In-place replacement (GNU)
#### In-place replacement (GNU)
```bash
sed -i -e 's/foo/bar/' example.md
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sed -i '' -e 's/foo/bar/' example.md
```
In OSX, `-i ''` is required.
In OSX, `-i ''` is required.
#### In-place Multiple replacements
```bash
sed -i 's/match1/replace1/g; s/match2/replace2/g' \
```
replace different matchs with different values
```bash
sed -i 's/\(MATCH1\|MATCH2\)/VALUE/g' \
```
replace multiple matchs with the same value
## File regions
{:.-three-column}
### Print until a certain line is met
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```
Print everything except lines matching regex. Useful for printing files with comments.
#### Printing REGEX ranges
```bash
sed -n -e '/^START$/,/^END$/p'
```
suppress output and print REGEX range
include (^START$,^END$) lines.
**OR** without "-n" (same result)
```bash
sed -e '/^START$/,/^END$/p;d'
```
print REGEX range and delete other
output, the [;] character means run another
expression on the input file which is 'd' stands for delete .
### Append a text after a specific line number
```bash
sed -e "1a ## HEADING 02:" README.md
```
this appends "## HEADING 02:" after the first line in the file README.md
and print the result to stdout replace -e with -i to write the file .
### Insert text before a specific line number
```bash
sed -e "1i # HEADING 01:" README.md
```
the same as appending but before the first line.
### Deleting text
#### With line number
```bash
sed -e "1,5d" README.md
```
delete a RANGE (i.e. including lines 1 to 5)
```bash
sed -e '1,5!d' README.md
```
delete everything (i.e. excluding lines 1 to 5)
it is better to quote sed expressions with single quotes
especially when there is a [!] character.
#### With REGEX matching
```bash
sed -e "/REGEX/Id" README.md
```
delete lines with /REGEX/ matched
/I is for insensitive search
```bash
sed -e '/REGEX/Ip;d' README.md
```
this invert the previous sed command
delete everything (excluding lines with REGEX)