# Install ssed with Homebrew, MacPorts, apt Super sed stream editor. Version 3.62 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ssed ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ssed ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ssed ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ssed/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ssed ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ssed from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ssed - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.62 - **Source summary:** Super sed stream editor - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ssed (cli) - ssed (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.62 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://packages.debian.org/sid/ssed - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage ssed, or Super sed, is an enhanced version of GNU sed oriented around command-line stream editing with extra features such as Perl-style regular expressions and in-place editing. ### Project history The Free Software Directory describes Super-sed as an enhanced sed text editor maintained by Paolo Bonzini, with Philip Hazel listed as a contributor. Debian describes the package as an enhanced version of GNU sed 3.02 with new features, extended regular expression syntax, new commands, and bug fixes. GNU's 2002 sed 3.95 release announcement says GNU sed 3.95 merged most of the changes from the free-software super-sed project, making ssed historically relevant to the transition toward GNU sed 4. ### Adoption history ssed's standalone package survives mainly through distribution and package-manager channels such as Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Homebrew rather than a live upstream repository. Homebrew's current formula uses Debian's source tarball because the original website is down, and its analytics show small but continuing install-on-request usage. ### How it is used Like sed, ssed reads files or standard input, applies editing commands, and writes transformed text to standard output. Debian emphasizes this stream-editor model in the package description. The FSF entry highlights features package users cared about at the time: Perl regular expressions, faster behavior than older GNU sed, in-place editing, and piping command output through the Bourne shell. ### Why package nerds care ssed is package-nerd significant because it is both a packaged fork/enhancement and a feeder project: features from Super sed were explicitly merged into GNU sed 3.95 on the path to GNU sed 4. It is also a preservation case. The original upstream site is gone, but Debian and Homebrew continue carrying source-package metadata and build recipes for a small historical Unix text-processing tool. ### Timeline - 2001: Free Software Directory records GPLv2 license verification for Super-sed. - 2002: GNU sed 3.95 release announcement says most super-sed changes were merged. - 2026: Debian sid carries ssed 3.62-8.1. - 2026: Homebrew formula packages ssed 3.62 from Debian's source tarball. ### Related projects - GNU sed is the base project and the later recipient of many super-sed changes. - Perl regular expressions and the Bourne shell are called out in official descriptions of ssed's added behavior. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ssed - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Ubuntu apt - ssed - 3.62-8: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ssed from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | super sed stream editor | http://sed.sf.net/grabbag/ssed/ - MacPorts - ssed: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ssed/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [minised](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/minised/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, stream-editor, text-processing. - [desed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/desed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, sed, text-processing. - [gnu-sed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-sed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, stream-editor, text-processing. - [grep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regular-expressions, text-processing. - [grok](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grok/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regular-expressions, text-processing. - [rgxg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rgxg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, regular-expressions, text-processing. - [align](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/align/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ssed.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ssed.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph