Hi, guys. I have one question:
How can I search for a line with certain string in it and then insert a string into this line?
For example:
There is a file called shadow, the contents of it are below:
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yuanz:VIRADxMsadfDF/Q:0:0:50:7:::... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I am on an AIX Unix box and I am trying to search for a string in between specified lines of code when I vi a file. I can use the '/string' to search for the string through out the file, but can we only search in between specific lines.
I can use the below sed command to search for the... (8 Replies)
I have two files abc.dat and sant.dat (Big file 60k rows)
for every line's 1,4 of abc.dat need to seach if this is present on 28,4 of sant.dat every line.
if its present the output needs to go to bde.dat
Example:
contents abc.dat
aaaa
bbbb
cccc
dddd
contents sant.dat
this is... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have list of directory paths in a variable and i want to delete those dirs and if dir does not exist then search that string and get the correct path from xml file after that delete the correct directory. i tried to use grep and it prints the entire line from the search.once i get the entire... (7 Replies)
I woud like to substitue a string on a specific position for specific lines
I've got a file and I would like to change a specific string from "TOCHANGE" to "ABCABCAB"
For every line (except 1,2, 3 and the last one) , I need to check between the 9th and the 16th digits.
For the 3rd line, I... (7 Replies)
if the first string matches then print the previous line and current line and also print the following lines if the other string search matches.
Input
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TranTime 2012 10 12
The Record starts here
Accountnumber: 4632473431274
TxnCode 323
TranID 329473242834
ccsdkcnsdncskd... (7 Replies)
hi guys,
i want command or script to display the content of file from 2nd position to last but one position of a file
abcdefghdasdasdsd
123,345,678,345,323
434,656,656,656,656
678,878,878,989,545
4565656667,65656
i want to display the same above file without first and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hemanthsaikumar
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elvfmt
ELVFMT(1) User commands ELVFMT(1)NAME
elvfmt - adjust line-length for paragraphs of text
SYNOPSIS
elvfmt [-w width | -width] [-s] [-c] [-i chars] [-C] [-M] [file]...
VERSION
This page describes the Elvis 2.2_0 version of elvfmt. See elvis(1).
DESCRIPTION
elvfmt is a simple text formatter. It inserts or deletes newlines, as necessary, to make all lines in a paragraph be approximately the
same width. It preserves indentation and word spacing.
If you don't name any files on the command line, then elvfmt will read from stdin.
It is typically used from within vi(1) or elvis(1) to adjust the line breaks in a single paragraph. To do this, move the cursor to the top
of the paragraph, type "!}elvfmt", and hit <Return>.
OPTIONS -w width or -width
Use a line width of width characters instead of the default of 72 characters.
-s Don't join lines shorter than the line width to fill paragraphs.
-c Try to be smarter about crown margins. Specifically, this tells elvfmt to expect the first line of each paragraph to have a differ-
ent indentation than subsequent lines. If text from the first input line is wrapped onto the second output line, then elvfmt will
scan ahead to figure out what indentation it should use for the second output line, instead of reusing the first line's indentation.
-i chars
Allow the indentation text to include any character from chars, in addition to spaces and tabs. You should quote the chars list to
protect it from the shell.
-C and -M
These are shortcuts for combinations of other flags. is short for and is useful for reformatting C/C++ comments. is short for
and is useful for reformatting email messages.
SEE ALSO vi(1), elvis(1)AUTHOR
Steve Kirkendall
kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu
ELVFMT(1)