sed command

I have installed Debian or Ubuntu Linux on Dell Inspiron / Latitude / Precision / Vostro laptop. How do I see the current CPU temperature? How do I control and see fan status on Dell laptop?

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I am a new Linux user. I have text files with lots of empty lines. How do I delete all empty lines under Linux or Unix operating systems?

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I have a bash variable as follows:

output="$(awk -F',' '/Name/ {print $9}' input.file)"

How do trim leading and trailing whitespace from bash variable called $output? How do I trim trailing whitespace from $output?

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I have a line as follows in squid.conf file. My sever is hosted in a cloud:

acl verizonfios src 1.2.3.4

My ISP will force an IP address change every week or two. I would like to replace them with a new IP

acl verizonfios src 4.5.6.7

How do I replace the line starting with “acl verizonfios” with new IP address using sed and ssh?

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I see many examples and man pages on how to do operations like search-and-replace using sed. But, I want to match a given string or a regular pattern expression and display on the screen. How do I print lines with matching pattern using sed command only under Unix like operating systems?

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I‘ve a file as follows:

This is a test.
One bang two three
Foo dang Bar
001 0xfg 0xA
002 0xA foo bar 0xfG
I'm done

How do I delete all “words” from the above file which ends with a particular letter (say ‘g’) in each line? The output should be as follows:

This is a test.
One two three
Foo Bar
001 0xA
002 0xA foo bar
I'm done

How do I delete regex-based word using sed or awk under Linux / Unix like operating systems?

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I got over 100s of HTML files in the following format:
….
…..

<PRE>
my data 1
my data 2
my data 3
my data 10000
my data N times
</PRE>
.....
..

How do I extract text between two words (<PRE> and </PRE>) in unix or linux using grep command?

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