12-08-2006
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Originally Posted by x-375HK-x
Thanks for the reply. (Where's the "duh!" emoticon when I need one?)
There is still a problem, however.
cat datafile.txt | sed "s/\([0-9]*:[0-9]*\)/`min2sec \1`/g"
the shell does now execute `min2sec \1`, however it does so before sed substitutes "\1" (before sed is even called, I believe). IOW sed is called as in the following line:
cat datafile.txt | sed "s/\([0-9]*:[0-9]*\)/`60`/g"
Do you see any way arround this problem? Is there any way to tell sed to execute a shell command? Or do I need to look for a solution outside of sed?
Thanks!
I think it is not possible to send matched pattern ( \1,\2,.. ) to shell script.
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NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
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DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
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Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
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-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
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Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
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Read sed(1) command from file.
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HISTORY
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shtool(1), sed(1).
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