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Old 02-18-2010
To Extract words from File based on Position

Hi Guys,

While I was writing one shell script , I just got struck at this point.

I need to extract words from a file at some specified position and do some comparison operation and need to replace the extracted word with another word.

Eg : I like Orange very much.

I need to replace the word starting from 8th position till 15th ( Here 'Orange ') and needs to replace it with 'Apple ' .

I am looking for a command for this.

Will Sed command work if the word position is the only known parameter?
Looking for your suggesions

Thanks
 

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XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected(3X)									       XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected(3X)

NAME
XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected - A List function that replaces items in a list without selecting the replacement items SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/List.h> void XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected (widget, new_items, item_count, position) Widget widget; XmString *new_items; int item_count; int position; DESCRIPTION
XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected replaces the specified number of items in the list with new items, starting at the given position. The replacement items remain unselected, even if they currently appear in the XmNselectedItems list. Specifies the ID of the List widget to replace items in. Specifies a pointer to the replacement items. Specifies the number of elements in new_items and the number of items in the list to replace. This number must be non-negative. Specifies the position of the first item in the list to be replaced. A value of 1 indicates that the first item replaced is the first item in the list; a value of 2 indicates that it is the second item; and so on. Beginning with the item specified in position, item_count items in the list are replaced with the corresponding elements from new_items. That is, the item at position is replaced with the first element of new_items; the item after position is replaced with the second element of new_items; and so on, until item_count is reached. For a complete definition of List and its associated resources, see XmList(3X). SEE ALSO
XmList(3X) XmListReplaceItemsPosUnselected(3X)
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