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:
Instead I want myfile to look like this after insert:
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)
Hello. I'm trying to insert text in various positions and I could only do that using pipes for each position.
Example:
cat file | sed -e 's#\(.\{5\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g' | sed -e 's#\(.\{26\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g'
Insert ":" at position 5 and 26.
it can be done in the same sentence, without using... (4 Replies)
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)
I am trying to search the pattern "ARS (11)" and after the LAST pattern, i am trying to open new line and enter text using sed.
My Existing Text file is Users.txtpaul, Paul Smith, Stevn Smiley, REQ000001, ARS (11)
sam, Sam Martin, Stevn Smiley, REQ000001, ARS (11)
mike, Mike Conway, Stevn... (8 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)
Discussion started by: tsu3000
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
paste
PASTE(1) BSD General Commands Manual PASTE(1)NAME
paste -- merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
SYNOPSIS
paste [-s] [-d list] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The paste utility concatenates the corresponding lines of the given input files, replacing all but the last file's newline characters with a
single tab character, and writes the resulting lines to standard output. If end-of-file is reached on an input file while other input files
still contain data, the file is treated as if it were an endless source of empty lines.
The options are as follows:
-d list Use one or more of the provided characters to replace the newline characters instead of the default tab. The characters in list
are used circularly, i.e., when list is exhausted the first character from list is reused. This continues until a line from the
last input file (in default operation) or the last line in each file (using the -s option) is displayed, at which time paste
begins selecting characters from the beginning of list again.
The following special characters can also be used in list:
newline character
tab character
\ backslash character
Empty string (not a null character).
Any other character preceded by a backslash is equivalent to the character itself.
-s Concatenate all of the lines of each separate input file in command line order. The newline character of every line except the
last line in each input file is replaced with the tab character, unless otherwise specified by the -d option.
If '-' is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly,
for each instance of '-'.
EXIT STATUS
The paste utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
List the files in the current directory in three columns:
ls | paste - - -
Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines:
paste -s -d '
' myfile
Number the lines in a file, similar to nl(1):
sed = myfile | paste -s -d '
' - -
Create a colon-separated list of directories named bin, suitable for use in the PATH environment variable:
find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -
SEE ALSO cut(1), lam(1)STANDARDS
The paste utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.
HISTORY
A paste command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 25, 2004 BSD