03-20-2009
bash search and replace
Hello all,
I would like to replace some text that are forwarded in standard output from a script, then save the replaced text to a file.
The text i would like to replace is in the form of:
1 some text
1.1 other text
1.2 more text
1.2.1 still more text
i would like to replace
1 some text by T1 some text
1.1 other text by T2 other text
1.2 more text by T2 more text
1.2.1 still more text by T3 still more text
and so on....
Any help appreciated, thank you.
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dwtstextreplace
DwtSTextReplace(3Dwt) DwtSTextReplace(3Dwt)
Name
DwtSTextReplace - Replaces a portion of the current text string in the simple text widget or inserts a new substring in the text.
Syntax
void DwtSTextReplace(widget, from_pos, to_pos, value)
Widget widget;
int from_pos, to_pos;
DwtCompString value;
Arguments
widget Specifies the ID of the simple text widget whose text string you want to replace.
from_pos Specifies the beginning character position within the text string marking the text being replaced.
to_pos Specifies the last character position within the text string marking the text being replaced.
value Specifies the text to replace part of the current text in the simple text widget.
Description
The DwtSTextReplace function replaces part of the text string in the simple text widget. Within the window, the positions are numbered
starting from 0 and increasing sequentially. For example, to replace the second and third characters in the string, from_pos should be 1
and to_pos should be 3. To insert a string after the fourth character, from_pos and to_pos should both be 4.
See Also
DwtSText(3Dwt), DwtSTextGetString(3Dwt), DwtSTextGetEditable(3Dwt), DwtSTextSetEditable(3Dwt), DwtSTextGetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtS-
TextSetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtSTextSetSelection(3Dwt), DwtSTextClearSelection(3Dwt), DwtSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)
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DwtSTextReplace(3Dwt)