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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Replace based on an exact position Post 302447555 by svn on Monday 23rd of August 2010 01:37:04 PM
Old 08-23-2010
Replace based on an exact position
Trying to use sed - but having no luck.

I have a text file - I want to replace whatever character is in position 106, 157 and 237 w/ the string "xxx". Want this change for all lines w/in that text file.

I'm open to using awk or whatever command would be best for replacing characters based on the exact position. Seems like sed can do a lot, but for whatever reason, have had no luck figuring out how to replace on just position alone.

Thanks much!
 

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dwtcstextreplace

DwtCSTextReplace(3Dwt)													    DwtCSTextReplace(3Dwt)

Name
       DwtCSTextReplace - Replaces a portion of the current text in the compound-string text widget or inserts some new text into the current text
       of the compound-string text widget.

Syntax
       void DwtCSTextReplace(widget, from_pos, to_pos, value)
	    Widget widget;
	    int from_pos, to_pos;
	    DwtCompString value;

Arguments
       widget	 Specifies the ID of the compound-string text widget.

       from_pos  Specifies the first character position of the compound-string text being replaced.

       to_pos	 Specifies the last character position of the compound-string text being replaced.

       value	 Specifies the text to replace part of the current text in the compound-string text widget.

Description
       The DwtCSTextReplace function replaces part of the text in the compound-string text widget.  Within  the  widget,  positions  are  numbered
       starting  at  0 and increasing sequentially.  For example, to replace the second and third characters in the text, from_pos should be 1 and
       to_pos should be 3.  To insert text after the fourth character, from_pos and to_pos should both be 4.

See Also
       DwtCSText(3Dwt), DwtCSTextCreate(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetString(3Dwt),  DwtCSTextGetEditable(3Dwt),  DwtCSTextSetEditable(3Dwt),  DwtCS-
       TextGetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetSelection(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit: C Language Binding
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit Intrinsics: C Language Binding

															    DwtCSTextReplace(3Dwt)
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