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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting small sed script on command line. Post 302347527 by zaxxon on Wednesday 26th of August 2009 12:23:43 AM
Old 08-26-2009
Not sure if I understood; nevertheless:
Code:
$> cat infile
eins
zwei
pattern
vier
fuenf
$>sed -e '/pattern/i\#comment' -e 's/pattern/newpattern/' infile
eins
zwei
#comment
newpattern
vier
fuenf

 

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fc-pattern

FC-PATTERN(1)															     FC-PATTERN(1)

NAME

       fc-pattern - parse and show pattern

SYNOPSIS

       fc-pattern [ -cdVh ] [ --config ] [ --default ] [ -f format | --format format ] [ --version ] [ --help ]
	   [ pattern  [ element ... ]  ]

DESCRIPTION

       fc-pattern  parses  pattern (empty pattern by default) and shows the parsed result.  If --config is given, config substitution is performed
       on the pattern before being displayed.  If --default is given, default substitution is performed on the pattern before being displayed.

       If any elements are specified, only those are printed.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is included
       below.

       -c --config
	      Perform config substitution on pattern.

       -d --default
	      Perform default substitution on pattern.

       -f --format format
	      Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V --version
	      Show version of the program and exit.

       -h --help
	      Show summary of options.

       pattern
	      Parses and displays pattern (uses empty pattern by default).

       element
	      If set, the element property is displayed for parsed pattern.

SEE ALSO

       FcNameParse(3)  FcConfigSubstitute(3)  FcDefaultSubstitute(3)  FcPatternPrint(3)  FcPatternFormat(3)  fc-cat(1)	fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-
       match(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.

								   16 April 2012						     FC-PATTERN(1)
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