Works here, Ubuntu 7.something, bash 3.2.13. The sed version is what decides whether it works or not, though. I have GNU sed version 4.1.5
Try putting the change on a different line:
Yes, you would put a backslash and a newline between "42c" and "I am the walrus". Yes, that's right. No, I'm not kidding. (Nothing personal, it's just that the normal reaction to this instruction is "I tried it and it doesn't work." "So did you put a backslash and a newline between the two lines?" "No, was I supposed to?")
Hi,
I have a data file with following structure:
a|b|c|d|3|f1|f2|f3
a|b|c|d|5|f1|f2|f3|f4|f5
I want to change this data to:
a|b|c|d|3|f1;f2;f3
a|b|c|d|5|f1;f2;f3;f4;f5
Data in column 5 tells the number of following fields. All fields delimiter after the 5th column needs to be... (6 Replies)
Hi
Very much a newbie to UNIX & scripting, but have identified an area within work that would benefit from being automated, as its repeated manually very often, and it looks like the ideal first script!
What I need to do is change directory to a users home (cd ~), and then find and remove a... (6 Replies)
I need to change a line from a xen cfg file using sed if it's possible. The original line is:
vif =
I want to change ONLY the IP address of the second part ==> ip=10.1.10.4 to another IP --> ip=192.222.11.6 The first one ip=123.456.789.123 keeps untouchable.
My new line shoud... (9 Replies)
Hello
My problem is that I want to change some specific numbers in a file. It is like,
2009 10 3 2349 21.3 L 40.719 27.388 10.8 FRO 7 0.8 1.1LFRO 2.6CFRO 1.1LMAM1
GAP=157 1.69 5.7 5.9 5.8 0.5405E+01 0.4455E+00 0.1653E+02E
STAT SP IPHASW D HRMM SECON CODA AMPLIT... (11 Replies)
Hello all,
I need to change a number in a file by adding some residuals respectively
To make it clear,
I need to add 0.11 to the number between 24-28 (which is below the SECON) for all the lines starting with FRR1
or I need to add 0.13 to the number between 24-28 (which is below the... (9 Replies)
Dear All,
New to Linux/Unix OS, my Linux version is 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
As titled, I wonder if you can help to provide a solution to find and change an specific string in a file
The file include a lots of data in following configuration but might be various in... (3 Replies)
Hello All,
can someone please suggest me a one line command to change a specific value that is associated to an entry in the file.
for example
#more schedulefile
quartz.job.manual.bonus.schedule=0 0 9 ? * *
#
it should be changed to
#more schedulefile... (5 Replies)
hi Guys,
this is my requirement, there is a huge xml file of this i have to change 3 lines with out opening the file
/users/oracle > cat lnxdb-pts-454.xml|egrep "s_virtual|s_cluster|s_dlsnstatus"
<cluster_port oa_var="s_clusterServicePort">9998</cluster_port>
<host... (2 Replies)
Hi
This is my first post and I'm just a beginner. So please be nice to me.
I have a couple of html files where a pattern beginning with "http://www.site.com" and ending with "/resource.dat" is present on every 241st line. How do I extract this to a new text file?
I have tried sed -n 241,241p... (13 Replies)
I am trying to use awk to change a specific string in a field, if it is found, to another value. In the tab-delimited file the text in bold in $3 contains the string 23, which is always right before a ., if it is present.
I am trying to change that string to X, keeping the formatting and the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)