Hello. Trying to insert text at line 1 and after last line of file. I have searched posts but nothing seems to work. I keep getting extra characters error or nothing gets inserted into the file.
#!/bin/sh
touch textfile.txt
sed 'i\
Add this line before every line with WORD' textfile.txt
... (5 Replies)
Hi all,
I need to insert new text and change existing text in a file. For that I used the below line in the command line and got the expected output.
sed '$a\
hi...
' shell > shell1
But I face problem when using the same in script. It is throwing the error as,
sed: command garbled:... (4 Replies)
Hi
I have a text file which is position delimited, i.e.
Code1 Description1 Value1
Code2 Description2 Value2 etc.
I want to import this file into MySQL so I want to convert the file into Comma delimited format.
To do this I want to insert commas at fixed positions on... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I use sed to insert text at beginning of a file. But sed inserts a newline after my text that I do not need. For example, I want to insert "foo" at the beginning of my file:
> cat myfile
This is first line.
> sed -i '1i\foo' myfile
> cat myfile
foo
This is first line.
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I have:
/path/to/my/fixdir/MD1234567.tar
I want to have:
/path/to/my/fixdir/MD/1234567.tar
fixdir never changes but MD does and how many numerical digits does. I want something like:
/usr/bin/sed 's/fixdir\/../fixdir\/..\//'
This ends up:
/path/to/my/fixdir/../1234567.tar
But... (3 Replies)
Hi I was wondering if anyone new of a solution to this problem? I need to copy a time stamp that is on a line of .text in a text file into multiple positions on the same line.
I need to insert the time stamp on the same line between every occurance of the text ".pdf_.html" right after the... (9 Replies)
Hi!
Considering below text, how would I use sed to insert text right below the v0005-line, using the SEPARATOR-line as a pattern to search for, so two lines above the separator? I can do it right above the separator, but not 2 lines...
# v0004 - Some text
# v0005 - More text
#... (5 Replies)
Hello, I am trying to insert a section of text between lines in another text file.
The new lines to be inserted are:
abcd.efgh.zzzz=blah
abcd.efgh.xxxx=blah
Where N = 0 to 2
Original File:
abcd.efgh.wwxx=aaaaa
abcd.efgh.yyzz=bbbbb
abcd.efgh.wwxx=aaaaa
abcd.efgh.yyzz=bbbbb... (3 Replies)
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dxmcstextreplace
DXmCSTextReplace(3X)DXmCSTextReplace(3X)NAME
DXmCSTextReplace - Replaces a specified segment of text in a compound string text widget.
SYNOPSIS
DXmCSTextStatus DXmCSTextReplace(
Widget widget,
int from_pos,
int to_pos,
XmString value );
PARAMETERS
The identifier (widget ID) of the compound string text widget. An integer that represents the first character position of the text being
replaced. An integer that represents the last character position of the text being replaced. Replacement text for part of the current
text in the compound string text widget, or additional text to be inserted into the compound string text widget.
DESCRIPTION
The DXmCSTextReplace routine 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.
RETURN VALUES
A value that represents the status (success or failure) of the replace operation, as follows:
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Value Description
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DXmCSTextStatusEditDone Text replaced successfully.
DXmCSTextStatusEditError Text not replaced (failure).
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SEE ALSO DXmCreateCSText(3X), DXmCSTextSetString(3X), DXmCSTextGetString(3X)DXmCSTextReplace(3X)