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03-06-2013

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How do I insert text with sed ?

Maybe I should expailed myself more thoroughly. What I am trying to do is pick up a string of text from the begining of the line, an example of the string is this: "05-03-2013-08-59-16", this string is actualy a time stamp, that is associated with a number of file names that appear later on in the same line. The file names all end the same way, that is with a ".pdf_.html" I need to insert the string from the beginning of the line between the ".pdf_" and the ".html" everytime there is an occurance of ".pdf_.html"
Here is an example of the original text file:

Code:

<textarea name="file_links" value='05-03-2013-08-59-16 http://216.234.35.180/SCL_Preflight_Report_Page/1 small_format_stores_sign_tyr_5xpoints_22x28.pdf_.html http://216.234.35.180/SCL_Preflight_Report_Page/2 898611_Ped_Markham Reno_FINAL.pdf_.html'

And the following is the way I need it to look:

Code:

<textarea name="file_links" value='05-03-2013-08-59-16 http://216.234.35.180/SCL_Preflight_Report_Page/1 small_format_stores_sign_tyr_5xpoints_22x28.pdf_05-03-2013-08-59-16.html http://216.234.35.180/SCL_Preflight_Report_Page/2 898611_Ped_Markham Reno_FINAL.pdf_05-03-2013-08-59-16.html'

Also string that represents the time stamp will never be constant except for the format of numbers and dashes, and I need to perform the same operation on a number of files with changing time stamps and filenames.
The only constant will be the format of the timestamp and the position of the string: ".pdf_.html" at the end of the file names
thanks very much for all your help

Paul Walker

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DESCRIPTION

       The  Windows  NT  postscript  driver has a tendency to make broken postscript files, that are incompatible with psutils.  fixnt is a filter
       that fixes these problems, allowing the use of psnup(1).

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SEE ALSO

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