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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Inserting Lines between data sets using SED? Post 302137391 by selkirk on Monday 24th of September 2007 05:55:55 PM
Old 09-24-2007
Inserting Lines between data sets using SED?

Hello all and thanks in advance!
What I'm looking to do is insert a blank line, anytime the first 9 characters of a given line don't match the first 9 characters of the previous line.

i.e.
Convert the data set

1 45 64 89
1 89 69 235
2 89 234 67
2 56 90 23
to because 1 and 2 don't match.
1 45 64 89
1 89 69 235

2 89 234 67
2 56 90 23

However the expression in the first few charachters will change throughout the input file, so anytime there is a difference i'll need to insert a new line.

I can't quite figure out how to carry the expression I need to match from line to line, nor how to insert the line in the correct position!

Thanks
Josh
 

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curs_deleteln(3X)														 curs_deleteln(3X)

NAME
deleteln, wdeleteln, insdelln, winsdelln, insertln, winsertln - delete and insert lines in a curses window SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h> int deleteln(void); int wdeleteln(WINDOW *win); int insdelln(int n); int winsdelln(WINDOW *win, int n); int insertln(void); int winsertln(WINDOW *win); DESCRIPTION
The deleteln and wdeleteln routines delete the line under the cursor in the window; all lines below the current line are moved up one line. The bottom line of the window is cleared. The cursor position does not change. The insdelln and winsdelln routines, for positive n, insert n lines into the specified window above the current line. The n bottom lines are lost. For negative n, delete n lines (starting with the one under the cursor), and move the remaining lines up. The bottom n lines are cleared. The current cursor position remains the same. The insertln and winsertln routines, insert a blank line above the current line and the bottom line is lost. RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an OK (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than ERR") upon successful comple- tion. PORTABILITY
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The standard specifies that they return ERR on failure, but specifies no error conditions. NOTES
Note that all but winsdelln may be macros. These routines do not require a hardware line delete or insert feature in the terminal. In fact, they won't use hardware line delete/insert unless idlok(..., TRUE) has been set on the current window. SEE ALSO
curses(3X) curs_deleteln(3X)
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