Search a string and append text after the string - Shell Programming and Scripting

Annihilannic · #4 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008

Here, I've done most of the work for you, you should be able to finish it easily:

Code:

awk '
        /n="rights"/ {
                print
                getline ; print
                getline ; print
                getline
                if (match($0,"debugLevel")) {
                        print "<a n=\"debugLevel\">\n<v s=\"4\"/>\n</a>"
                        # consume and discard next two lines
                        getline
                        getline
                } else {
                        # do some stuff here
                        print
                }
                next
        }
        1 # print other lines
' inputfile > outputfile

You just need to fill in the "do some stuff here" part.