For lists in sed, to say what to replace, is this correct:
I am hoping that this would recognise that either a "." is present, or that the substitution happens at the end of the line.
For files with extensions , my script works perfectly.
My problem is, files without extentions, i.e. . ... (1 Reply)
Hello everyone. I have been reading a lot about the various different text editors at my disposal through Unix, but I just can't seem to close the deal for what I am trying to do. Is there a way to issue a single line command to edit a file where pattern=x, and do it non-destructively AND in-place?... (1 Reply)
Hello I am trying to make an awk script that always replaces the same characters in a file, with white space in between. Can anyone write a script that prompts for the 3 numbers and then replaces them in the file?
eg.
enter a b c:
'it then puts a b c in the file.
The file format is always
... (12 Replies)
I have some trouble editing a line. My aim is to edit the first line of a file.It will look the code and if there are dummy characters at the begininng of line before < it will erase. It is a php code.For instance:
for instance if the first line is like
%^<?php>sadsa</php>, it will change it to... (6 Replies)
I have a sample file as below :-
RECORD_COUNT|2660|28606946.86|20110701122349694|
adkad|wwsgesg|mkmk|FFFF|FAFAF|FFAF|FAFFFFA|5894858|
I have to replace the second coulmn in the first row which is the count of no of lines in the file from a new variable .
Also I have to delete the 3rd... (2 Replies)
I have a text file that has data like:
Data "12345#22"
Fred
ID 12345
Age 45
Wilma
Dino
Data "123#22"
Tarzan
ID 123
Age 33
Jane
I need to figure out a way of adding 1,000,000 to the specific lines (always same format) in the file, so it becomes:
Data "1012345#22"
Fred
ID... (16 Replies)
Hi Folks,
It is regarding the perl scripting.
I have an html file(many files) which contains the below line in the body tag.
<body>
<P><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms,cursive,sans-serif"><EM>Hello</EM></FONT></STRONG></P>
</body>
Now I want to read that html file through perl... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to edit the next line when there is a success for a pattern.
For example:
<nvname>abc</nvname>
<nvvalue>1</nvvalue>
<nvname>def</nvname>
<nvvalue>2</nvvalue>
once there is a hit for the string "abc" the value of the nvvalue should be replaced with the value we... (5 Replies)
i have lines in a file similar to this:
results=$(echo Total: ${res} | command | command)
now I need to add text before the word "results", but i dont know how to do it.
here's what i tried:
%s~results=.*echo Total:.* ${7}~PROCESS \; results=.*echo Total:.* ${7}~g
the problem is,... (1 Reply)
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line
line(1) User Commands line(1)NAME
line - read one line
SYNOPSIS
line
DESCRIPTION
The line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is:
0 Successful completion
>0 End-of-file on input.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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|Availability |SUNWcsu |
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SEE ALSO sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 line(1)