What about using awk in this case? ---------- Post updated at 21:33 ---------- Previous update was at 21:25 ----------
And if you want to use sed, try
The awk solution gives me everything I need, except it is inserting an unwanted space where we break between quoted text and field references.
the sed solution eliminates the space problem (as well as not having to escape a bunch of quotes in the standard text), but my example was a bit more simple than reality, and I'm not bridging the gap.
Let's say I start with file myfile.txt
abc def ghi
I need to get SOMECANNEDTEXTabcSOMEMORETEXT1STILLMORETEXT SOMECANNEDTEXTdefSOMEMORETEXT2STILLMORETEXT SOMECANNEDTEXTghiSOMEMORETEXT3STILLMORETEXT
Note that the line number is appended at the end of SOMEMORETEXT
I appreciate the help. I'm learning a lot here but still having trouble getting my head wrapped around some of it.
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