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)
Hi,
I am having trouble converting a text file. I have been working for this whole day now, still i couldn't make it.
Here is how the text file looks:
_______________________________________________________
DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION FOR LOCATION 1:
OPER STATES: Disabled E:Enabled ... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I need to add Pipe (|) at 5th and 18th position of all records a file. How can I do this?
I tried to add it at 5th position using the below code. It didnt work. Please help!!!
awk '{substr($0,5,1) ~ /|/}{print}' $input_file > $temp_file (1 Reply)
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)
I woud like to substitue a string on a specific position for specific lines
I've got a file and I would like to change a specific string from "TOCHANGE" to "ABCABCAB"
For every line (except 1,2, 3 and the last one) , I need to check between the 9th and the 16th digits.
For the 3rd line, I... (7 Replies)
I'm drawing a blank on how to use sed to replace selectively based on position in the string (vs nth occurence):
hello.|there.|how.|are.|you.|
I want the period removed in the 3rd item (as defined by the pipe delimiter) if a period is present. So the result in this case would be:
... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
I have a file which has line similar to below
13123324234234234234234234234234234
3454546456dfhgfhgh454645654asdasfsdsddfgdgdfg
345345345mnmnbmnb346mnb4565464564564645645
Not for each line for specific position I need to insert some '|'
Positions are fixed. Like 3,5,9,11
So the... (5 Replies)
hi guys,
i want command or script to display the content of file from 2nd position to last but one position of a file
abcdefghdasdasdsd
123,345,678,345,323
434,656,656,656,656
678,878,878,989,545
4565656667,65656
i want to display the same above file without first and... (2 Replies)
Thanks to help from Don Cragun in post 302924174, I'm off and getting into trouble on my own (finally) with sed.
Here is my goal - insert \\r\n at the 60th character on each line and then every 76th character thereafter:
Input:... (3 Replies)
By using sed command, How to insert a new line before the last four lines of the file.
Old Line
Old Line
NEW LINE!
Old Line
Old Line
Old Line
Old Line (8 Replies)