to insert some word somewhere in the line with shell (or perl)


 
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Old 09-19-2009
to insert some word somewhere in the line with shell (or perl)

hello mighty all
there is a line of 50 words and i need to take a random number of words from the beginning (20 words for example) then put my word then add other 10 words from the continue then add another my special word then add 20 words till the end..

my own knowledge base can say it is possible with making an array with 1 or maybe 2-3 words in each section then write back 5-10 sections then word then another sections etc..

but i'm sure there is more easier way Smilie
can u show it to me?

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tip78
# 2  
Old 09-19-2009
it would be easier to understand your requirement and assist you if you show it with sample file and desired output.
# 3  
Old 09-19-2009
i will take your message and make it an example
i want it to looks like this:
it would be easier "HERE MY WORD" to understand your requirement and assist you if you show it with sample "HERE MY WORD TOO" file and desired output.

just putting my word somewhere inside your message
tip78
# 4  
Old 09-19-2009
good sample file!!!

Code:
 
>cat file
it would be easier to understand your requirement and assist you if you show it with sample file and desired output.
>sed -e 's/easier/& "HERE MY WORD"/' -e 's/sample/& "HERE MY WORD TOO"/' file
it would be easier "HERE MY WORD" to understand your requirement and assist you if you show it with sample "HERE MY WORD TOO" file and desired output.


Last edited by malcomex999; 09-19-2009 at 07:57 AM..
# 5  
Old 09-19-2009
thanks
but hardest thing is
i need to put it in a random place of the line
and i need to put it twice or three times in 1 line
and it should be like 5-10 words after the beginning or previous one

i did it like that:
Code:
newfile1=$(basename $curfile)
newfile2=$(cat $dir3/pagestotal |grep $newfile1 |cut -f1).art
untilrnd1=$(expr $RANDOM % 6 + 5)
iuntil=$(seq 0 $untilrnd1)
artwords=($(tail -n1 $dir3$newfile2))
mywordhere="HERE IS MY WORD"
:>articlegogo
for j in $iuntil; do
echo -n "${artwords[$j]} " >>articlegogo
done
echo -n "$mywordhere " >>articlegogo

untilrnd2=$(expr $untilrnd1 + 1)
untilrnd3=$(expr $untilrnd2 + $untilrnd1)
iuntil=$(seq $untilrnd2 $untilrnd3)
for j in $iuntil; do
echo -n "${artwords[$j]} " >>articlegogo
done
echo -n "$mywordhere " >>articlegogo

untilrnd4=$(expr $untilrnd3 + 1)
untilrnd5=$(expr $untilrnd4 + $untilrnd3)
iuntil=$(seq $untilrnd4 $untilrnd5)
for j in $iuntil; do
echo -n "${artwords[$j]} " >>articlegogo
done

but i'm pretty sure there's shorter way..

Last edited by tip78; 09-19-2009 at 09:40 AM..
tip78
# 6  
Old 09-19-2009
If correctly understand what you are after, here is something to put you on track:

Sample file is on one line with no \n.

Code:
$ cat file
hello mighty all there is a line of words and i need to take a random number of words from the beginning (20 words for example) 
then put my word then add other 10 words from the continue then add another my special word then add words till the end

$ wc -w file
50 file

$ awk 'BEGIN{srand()}{for(i=1;i<=20;i++) printf "%s ",$(int(rand()*50)+1);print ""}' file
my the 10 words put words need add of then 10 number till number need my take number my words 

$ awk 'BEGIN{srand()}{for(i=1;i<=20;i++) printf "%s ",$(int(rand()*50)+1);print ""}' file
my word then the words number line words take (20 my my take beginning hello is till words line add 

$ awk 'BEGIN{srand()}{for(i=1;i<=20;i++) printf "%s ",$(int(rand()*50)+1);print ""}' file
is add (20 beginning end hello the words the my words add then add words word a a of mighty

# 7  
Old 09-19-2009
u did a shuffle..
which output is 20 very random words from the original message
and i need to take 10-20 first words from the original message, then put MY WORD then take another 10-20 next words and again put MY WORD and so on 3 times.. and write it all in 1 line
tip78
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