edit a file using ksh

meghana · #1 (**permalink**) 04-15-2008

Hi,

sample file looks like this..

<hp>
<name>
<detail>adsg</detail>
...
...
</name><ft>4264</ft>
</hp>

I need to edit the last but one line. I want the format to be ..

<hp>
<name>
<detail>adsg</detail>
...
...
</name>
<ft>4264</ft>
</hp>

Note: in the thread it says using "ksh" .. but i need it using perl .. sorry abt that..

Thanks

era · #2 (**permalink**) 04-16-2008

Code:

perl -pe 's/></>\n</g' file

meghana · #3 (**permalink**) 04-16-2008

Thanks for the reply, i am doing it in a script .. can you tell me how can i do that ..

era · #4 (**permalink**) 04-16-2008

I'm not sure I understand the question.

Code:

# first half of script goes here
perl -pe 's/></>\n</g' file
# second half of script goes here

If you mean in a pipeline, that's similar, too.

Code:

first --half -of "pipeline" | perl -pe 's/></>\n</g' | second --half

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