1. Shell Programming and Scripting

the file contains the follwoing lines /* * Copyright (C) 1995-1996 by XXX Corporation. This program * contains proprietary and confidential information. All rights reserved * except as may be permitted by prior written consent. * * $Id: xxx_err.h,v 1.10 2001/07/26 18:48:34 zzzz $ ... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need a sed line that will find all lines that contain "<int key="NSWindowStyleMask">" and then replace the entire line (not just that one string) with "<int key="NSWindowStyleMask">8223</int>". It doesn't necessarily have to use sed as long as it gets the job done :) Thanks (9 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am new to linux and would like to modify the contents of a file preferably using a one line. The situation is as follows <start> some lines "I am the string" "replace string" more lines here <end> In the above example,On encountering "I am the string", the "replace string "should be... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file example.txt with content look like this: <TAG> 1 2 3 </TAG> and I use a sed command to replace everything between <TAG></TAG> as below: sed -e 's/\(<TAG>\)*\(<.*\)/something/g' example.txt > example.txt.new But unfortunately, the command failed to replace as i want, it... (23 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Everyone, # cat 3 a b # cat 4 a b # perl -p -i -e "s/.*/c/ if $.==2" * # cat 3 a c # cat 4 a b (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have something like this... cat filename.txt <complexType name="abc"> bklah vlah blah blha blha blah blha </complexType > <complexType name="def"> bklah vlah blah blha blha blah blha </complexType > . . .and so on.. its a very large file (11 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, i want to replace "Hi How are You when did you go to delhi" to "Hi How are you when did you come from delhi" in a file. Any idea how to do it? (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have a input file as sample below <this is not starting of file> record line1 line2 line3 end line4 line5 record line6 line7 line8 my requirement is this, i want to select a pattern between first record and end, whatever is written between first record and end. and... (0 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to find a line in a file ("Replace_Flag") and replace it with a variable which hold a multi lined file. myVar=`cat myfile` sed -e 's/Replace_Flag/'$myVar'/' /pathto/test.file myfile: cat dog boy girl mouse house test.file: football hockey Replace_Flag baseball ... (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Literally cannot get this one, guys. Single line replacement is simple, but I am not understanding the correct syntax for including a new line feed into the substitution part. Here's what I got. (Cannot use perl) #!/bin/sh set -f #Start Perms export HOME=/home/test_user # End Perms... (6 Replies)