if just `sed -i "s/...` there will be no backup files (ideal if we're just deleting them anyway)

man sed:
     -i extension
             Edit files in-place, saving backups with the specified extension.
             If a zero-length extension is given, no backup will be saved.  It
             is not recommended to give a zero-length extension when in-place
             editing files, as you risk corruption or partial content in situ-
             ations where disk space is exhausted, etc.