Could any one tell me how to read and match multiple lines in perl? Did this code below still work in this situation?
while (<FILE>) {
if (/ /) {
}
}
Thanks a lot! (5 Replies)
I made a script that can swap info on two lines using a combination of awk and sed, but was hoping to consolidate the script to make it run faster. If found this script, but can't seem to get it to work in a bash shell. I keep getting the error "Too many {'s". Any help here would be appreciated:... (38 Replies)
First of all, I know this can be more eassily done with perl or other scripting languages but, that's not the issue. I need this in sed. (or wander if it's possible )
I got a file (trace file to recreate the control file from oracle for the dba boys)
which contains
some lines
another line... (11 Replies)
Hi folks,
I have a text file that I need to parse, and I cant figure it out. The source is a report breaking down softwares from various companies with some basic info about them (see source snippet below). Ultimately what I want is an excel sheet with only Adobe and Microsoft software name and... (5 Replies)
Greetings all,
I am trying to match a string, and after that insert a few lines above that match.
The string is "Version 1.0.0". I need to insert a few lines ONLY above the first match (there are many Version numbers in the file). The rest of the matches must be ignored. The lines I need to... (2 Replies)
Hello,
Could someone help me with sed. I have searched for solution 5 days allready :wall:, but cant find. Unfortunately my "sed" knowledge not good enough to manage it. I have the text:
123, foo1, bar1, short text1, dat1e, stable_pattern
124, foo2, bar2, long text
with few
lines, date,... (4 Replies)
I want to do something like sed -n '/PATTERN/,+10p' and get the ten lines following PATTERN. However, this throws an "expected context address" with the sed that comes with OSX Lion. If that + is a GNUism, can I do this, or do I have to find another tool? (2 Replies)