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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sed.. Add new line after finding text Post 58730 by bhargav on Tuesday 30th of November 2004 12:46:45 PM
Old 11-30-2004
try this ...


sed '/patternstring/ i\
new line string' file1


Please see a new line in the command between i\ and new string.
 

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DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)												 DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)

NAME
DXmCSTextGetSelection - Retrieves the text selected in the compound string text widget. SYNOPSIS
XmString DXmCSTextGetSelection( Widget widget ); PARAMETERS
The identifier (widget ID) of the compound string text widget. DESCRIPTION
The DXmCSTextGetSelection routine retrieves the text selected (highlighted) in the compound string text widget. It returns a Null pointer if no text is selected in the widget. The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the text by calling the Intrinsic routine XtStringFree. RETURN VALUES
A pointer to the selected text compound string. SEE ALSO
DXmCreateCSText(3X), DXmCSTextClearSelection(3X), DXmCSTextCopy(3X), DXmCSTextCut(3X), DXmCSTextPaste(3X), DXmCSTextSetSelection(3X) DXmCSTextGetSelection(3X)
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