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I have a config file that I am trying to edit with sed. Currently I am searching one line and replacing and it is working, but I would like to search and replace multiple lines and I am not sure on the correct command. <br />
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sudo sed -e &quot;s/anonymous_enable=YES/an<wbr />onymous_en<wbr />able=NO/g&quot;<wbr /> /etc/vsftpdbackup.conf <br />
*This above works great, but I have another line below that I need to replace.<br />
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The config file looks like this:<br />
anonymous_enable=YES<br />
local_enable=NO &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;**needs to be yes<br />
write_enable=YES &nbsp; &nbsp; **need to comment this out with #
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I have a config file that I am trying to edit with sed. Currently I am searching one line and replacing and it is working, but I would like to search and replace multiple lines and I am not sure on the correct command. 

sudo sed -e "s/anonymous_enable=YES/anonymous_enable=NO/g" /etc/vsftpdbackup.conf 
*This above works great, but I have another line below that I need to replace.

The config file looks like this:
anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=NO      **needs to be yes
write_enable=YES     **need to comment this out with #

Debian SED command, Multiple line search and replace

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