07-07-2006
$ cat fileToEdit | sed -e "$lineToEnterNewText"' s/^\(.*\)$/\1\
'"$newText"'/' > fileToEdit
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Hi,
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sed -e "s#\#\#g" file.txt
but it doesn't work.
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have a file with the contenst below:
$ more file1.txt
10
AAA;
200
BBB;
3
CCC;
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Group#=1 User=A
Role=a1
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Role=a1
Role=b1
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Role=b1
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Hi everybody!
I'm working in one script with sed, I have file with the next content:
<voms.db.type
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Greetings
I need to replace "whitespace" in a file with the newline character aka carriage return
My command is either wrong or not interpreted properly by me shell
sed s/" "/\\n" "/g nets > nets1
or
sed s/" "/\n" "/g nets > nets1
nets (input file)
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write the sed command for swapping the first and 2nd (fields)words in the following file
input file
cse1 rama 1223
cse2 raju 2453
cse3 sita 3523
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Hello,
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Hi
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cat(1) General Commands Manual cat(1)
Name
cat - concatenate and print data
Syntax
cat [ -b ] [ -e ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ -t ] [ -u ] [ -v ] file...
Description
The command reads each file in sequence and displays it on the standard output. Therefore, to display the file on the standard output you
type:
cat file
To concatenate two files and place the result on the third you type:
cat file1 file2 > file3
To concatenate two files and append them to a third you type:
cat file1 file2 >> file3
If no input file is given, or if a minus sign (-) is encountered as an argument, reads from the standard input file. Output is buffered in
1024-byte blocks unless the standard output is a terminal, in which case it is line buffered. The utility supports the processing of 8-bit
characters.
Options
-b Ignores blank lines and precedes each output line with its line number.
-e Displays a dollar sign ($) at the end of each output line.
-n Precedes all output lines (including blank lines) with line numbers.
-s Squeezes adjacent blank lines from output and single spaces output.
-t Displays non-printing characters (including tabs) in output. In addition to those representations used with the -v option, all tab
characters are displayed as ^I.
-u Unbuffers output.
-v Displays non-printing characters (excluding tabs and newline) as the ^x. If the character is in the range octal 0177 to octal 0241,
it is displayed as M-x. The delete character (octal 0177) displays as ^?. For example, is displayed as ^X.
See Also
cp(1), ex(1), more(1), pr(1), tail(1)
cat(1)