---
name: "sedsed"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sedsed"
version: "2.0.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sedsed"
---

# sedsed(1)

debugger and code formatter for sed scripts

## NAME

**sedsed** - debugger and code formatter for sed scripts

## SYNOPSIS

```
sedsed OPTION [-e sedscript] [-f sedscriptfile] [inputfile]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**sedsed can debug, indent, tokenize and HTMLize sed scripts.**

**In debug mode, it reads the target script and adds extra commands** **to it. When executed it shows the data flow between the commands,** **revealing all the magic sed does on its internal buffers.**

**In indent mode, the script is reformatted with standard spacing.**

**In tokenize mode, it shows the elements of every command used.**

**In HTMLize mode, the script is converted to a beautiful colored** **HTML file, with all the commands and parameters identified for** **best viewing.**

## OPTIONS

- **-f, --file**

  **Add file contents to the commands to be parsed.**

- **-e, --expression**

  **Add the script to the commands to be parsed.**

- **-n, --quiet**

  **Suppress automatic printing of pattern space.**

- **--silent**

  **Alias to --quiet.**

- **-d, --debug**

  **Debug the sed script.**

- **--hide**

  **Hide some debug info (options: PATT, HOLD, COMM).**

- **--color**

  **Shows debug output in colors (default: ON).**

- **--nocolor**

  **No colors on debug output.**

- **--dump-debug**

  **Dumps to screen the debugged sed script.**

- **-i, --indent**

  **Script beautifier, prints indented and** **one-command-per-line output do STDOUT.**

- **--prefix**

  **Indent prefix string (default: 4 spaces).**

- **-t, --tokenize**

  **Script tokenizer, prints extensive** **command by command information.**

- **-H, --htmlize**

  **Converts sed script to a colorful HTML page.**

- **-V, --version**

  **Prints the program version and exit.**

- **-h, --help**

  **Prints this help message and exit.**

## AUTHOR

**sedsed was written by Aurelio Jargas \<aurelio@aurelio.net\>.**

**This manual page was written by Marcos Talau \<marcos@talau.info\>** **for the Debian project (but may be used by others).**