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Old 07-11-2017
Documenting files with sed
All,
I am looking for a way to improve this small one liner.

one of the files has this kind of format
Code:
public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) -> [T] { return array.shiftedLeft(by: offset)  }

Code:
gsed -i '/public func/i /\/\/\public func \n/\/\==mark==public func' t

results in
Code:
///public func 
//==mark==public func
public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) -> [T] { return array.shiftedLeft(by: offset)  }

i'd like the code to quickly parse to grab all of the string until it the first left parenthesis.

Code:
///public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) 
//==mark==public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) 
public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) -> [T] { return array.shiftedLeft(by: offset)  }

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 07-11-2017
Where would you locate the "first left parenthesis"?
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# 3  
Old 07-11-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by f77hack
i'd like the code to quickly parse to grab all of the string until it the first left parenthesis.
judging from your example outcome you perhaps mean right bracket yes:

Code:
///public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) 
//==mark==public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) 
public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) -> [T] { return array.shiftedLeft(by: offset)  }

Try this - i have made your one-liner a multi-liner, btw., because it is easier to keep track of. You can convert it into a - quite unreadable - one-liner again, if you insist in unintelligible code. ;-)

Code:
sed '/public func/ {
                    h
                    s/^[[:blank:]]*//\/\/\//
                    s/\([^)]*)\).*/\1/p
                    s/^\/\/\//\/\/==mark==/p
                    g
               }' /path/to/file

Here is a version with commentary:

Code:
sed '/public func/ {                          # for every line with "pub..." do:
               h                              # copy line to hold space
               s/^[[:blank:]]*//\/\/\//       # replace leading blanks (if any) with three slashes
               s/\([^)]*)\).*/\1/p            # remove everything after first ")" and print the result
               s/^\/\/\//\/\/==mark==/p       # replace leading "///" with "//==mark==" and print again
               g                              # copy hold space (original line) back to pattern space
     }'

Notice that "sed -i" is a GNU-speciality and is not recommended to use. Instead write to a temporary file and move this over the original (once you are satisfied). sed -i does the same, but behind your back and in case something goes wrong you have less options to troubleshoot that.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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# 4  
Old 07-11-2017
Right parenthesis seems better, thanks Bakunin. Try also
Code:
sed 's/public func[^)]*)/\/\/&\n\/\/==mark==&\n&/' file
//public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int)
//==mark==public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int)
public func <<<T>(array: [T], offset: Int) -> [T] { return array.shiftedLeft(by: offset)  }

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# 5  
Old 07-12-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Where would you locate the "first left parenthesis"?
yes sorry, my mistake, right parenthesis.
# 6  
Old 07-12-2017
With another separator we don't need to \/ each literal /
As classic multi-line (\ plus newline instead of gsed-only \n)
Code:
sed 's#public func[^)]*)#///&\
//==mark==&\
&#' t

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