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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting insert text and add blank line Post 302132313 by summer_cherry on Thursday 16th of August 2007 09:52:24 AM
Old 08-16-2007
try this one
hi, pls try this one as below:


Code:
cat file | awk '{ 
if (NR%2==1) 
{ 
print 
print "change" 
} 
else 
{ 
printf("%s\n",$0)
print "" } }'

 

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insertln

insertln(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					insertln(3XCURSES)

NAME

       insertln, winsertln - insert a line in a window

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int insertln(void);

       int winsertln(WINDOW *win);

PARAMETERS

       win    Is a pointer to the window in which to insert the line.

DESCRIPTION

       The  insertln() and winsertln() functions insert a blank line before the current line in stdscr or win, respectively.  The new line becomes
       the current line.   The current line and all lines after it in the window are moved down one line.  The bottom line in the window  is  dis-
       carded.

RETURN VALUES

       On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

ERRORS

       None.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       bkgdset(3XCURSES), deleteln(3XCURSES), insdelln(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							insertln(3XCURSES)
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