Ooops, you are true, i totally forgot that position case ... here is an even better
- need caret ^ to be exact regarding the position otherwise the \(.....<n_times>\)TOCHANGE could also be match at a position greater than the expected one
- use the $! tip to avoid last line)
- therefore avoid the use of additionnal file opening & line counting of the wc -l
- no need of sed -e option
Last edited by ctsgnb; 12-15-2010 at 11:52 AM..
Reason: forgot the caret ^
Hi Folks,
I have a file with all fields defined by byte position, but any field can be empty so I cannot print lines based on a search of specific columns. I need to print all lines of this file where the string of two characters at byte position 100-101 contains the number 27. Any ideas?
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Have to check in a file that the lines starting with 620 and 705
are ending at same posiotin.
82012345
62023232323
70523949558
62023255454
9999
In the above lines, i have to check the lines starting... (1 Reply)
Hello All,
I am new to this forum. I am currently facing a problem in manipulating files.
I have two files called old-matter and new-matter
# cat old-matter
abc: this, is a, sample, entry
byi: white board, is white in color
rtz: black, board is black
qty: i tried, a lot
asd: no... (1 Reply)
Hi, guys. I have one question:
How can I search for a line with certain string in it and then insert a string into this line?
For example:
There is a file called shadow, the contents of it are below:
**************************
...
yuanz:VIRADxMsadfDF/Q:0:0:50:7:::... (9 Replies)
I am trying to use sed to replace specific characters at a specific position in the file with a different value... can this be done?
Example:
File:
A0199999123
A0199999124
A0199999125
Need to replace 99999 in positions 3-7 with 88888.
Any help is appreciated. (5 Replies)
Greetings.
I don't have experience programing scripts. I need to insert a string in a specific position of another string on another file (last.cfg), for example:
File last.cfg before using script:
login_interval=1800
lcs.machinename=client04
File last.cfg after using script:... (4 Replies)
I asked this before, but my problem got more complicated. Heres what I am trying to do:
I'm trying to replace a string at a certain location with another string.
Heres the file I'm trying to change:
\E
I want to replace the escape code at the 3rd line, 2nd column with this escape code... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: tinman47
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
xmtextfindstring
XmTextFindString(3X)XmTextFindString(3X)NAME
XmTextFindString - A Text function that finds the beginning position of a text string
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Boolean XmTextFindString (widget, start, string, direction, position)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition start;
char *string;
XmTextDirection direction;
XmTextPosition *position;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextFindString locates the beginning position of a specified text string. This routine searches forward or backward for the first occur-
rence of the string starting from the given start position. If it finds a match, the function returns the position of the first character
of the string in position. Specifies the Text widget ID. Specifies the character position from which the search proceeds. This is an
integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the search string.
Indicates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of the text. The possible values are: The search proceeds toward
the end of the text buffer. The search proceeds toward the beginning of the text buffer. Specifies the pointer in which the first charac-
ter position of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first charac-
ter position is 0. If the function returns False, this value is undefined.
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X).
RETURN VALUE
Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.
SEE ALSO XmText(3X), XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)XmTextFindString(3X)