info sed =>

`-n'

`--quiet'

`--silent'

     By default, `sed' prints out the pattern space at the end of each

     cycle through the script (*note How `sed' works: Execution Cycle.).

     These options disable this automatic printing, and `sed' only

     produces output when explicitly told to via the `p' command.

`-i[SUFFIX]'

`--in-place[=SUFFIX]'

     This option specifies that files are to be edited in-place.  GNU

     `sed' does this by creating a temporary file and sending output to

     this file rather than to the standard output.(1).

     This option implies `-s'.

     When the end of the file is reached, the temporary file is renamed

     to the output file's original name.  The extension, if supplied,

     is used to modify the name of the old file before renaming the

     temporary file, thereby making a backup copy(2)).

     This rule is followed: if the extension doesn't contain a `*',

     then it is appended to the end of the current filename as a

     suffix; if the extension does contain one or more `*' characters,

     then _each_ asterisk is replaced with the current filename.  This

     allows you to add a prefix to the backup file, instead of (or in

     addition to) a suffix, or even to place backup copies of the

     original files into another directory (provided the directory

     already exists).

     If no extension is supplied, the original file is overwritten

     without making a backup.