Given the whole "sed" vs "sed -E" distinction, I'd say most metacharacters are confusing anyway. Not to mention usually when I'm using "|", I'm going to be repl

Given the whole "sed" vs "sed -E" distinction, I'd say most metacharacters are confusing anyway. Not to mention usually when I'm using "|", I'm going to be replacing paths and don't really use alternation that often.