using ed

[justsmile]

If I use ed for a file and then do the following:
g/the/s/the/one/g
g/the$/s/the$/one/
g/^the/s/^the/one/
do I need trailing g for the second and third statments ? and if not why not?

[gh0std0g74]

i suggest awk

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awk '{gsub("the","one")}' file

this says to globally replace word "the" to "one"