03-21-2010
Can sed be used to insert data at specific column?
I'm trying to use sed to insert data at a specific column, let's say my data looks like this:
0553 1828
0552 1829
0550 1829
0549 1830
0548 1831
what I want is this:
timein 0553 timeout 1828
timein 0552 timeout 1829
timein 0550 timeout 1829
timein 0549 timeout 1830
timein 0548 timeout 1831
So inserting at a beginning of a line is easy, that would be:
cat inputfile | sed 's/^/timein /g' > outputfile
it's inserting the "timeout" that throwing me. Any help would be appreciated.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
column
COLUMN(1) BSD General Commands Manual COLUMN(1)
NAME
column -- columnate lists
SYNOPSIS
column [-tx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by
default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.
The options are as follows:
-c Output is formatted for a display columns wide.
-s Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the -t option.
-t Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with
the characters supplied using the -s option. Useful for pretty-printing displays.
-x Fill columns before filling rows.
DIAGNOSTICS
The column utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of the screen if no other information is available.
EXAMPLES
(printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY " ;
printf "HH:MM/YEAR NAME
" ;
ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t
SEE ALSO
colrm(1), ls(1), paste(1), sort(1)
HISTORY
The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.
BSD
June 6, 1993 BSD