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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using sed to find and append or insert on SAME line Post 302975586 by Imre on Wednesday 15th of June 2016 06:22:55 PM
Old 06-15-2016
Sed usage
I hope this can elaborate my questions more:

1)
I want to use SED to find "StringToFind" and then append ON THE SAME LINE where the StringToFind is found, "MyString"
Code:
cat file1.txt

I would like "StringToFind" to be "Difficult"
I would like "MyString" to be "Easy"

line1 stuff is amazing especially when it is so difficult to understand
line2 more stuff is more amazing because it just is.
line3 i have nothing more to describe

2)
I want to use SED to insert "MyString" to the left or right examples?
So Before AND / OR After i have found "StringToFind" , i want to insert "MyString"

so say i have a file
Code:
cat insertexample.txt
line1 jobname RunReportForRisk
line2 Incond ConditionA-OK ODAT AND
line3 Outcon ConditionB-OK ODAT ADD
line4 i have many of these files and the inconditions and outcondition lines
line5 are all random BUT i know that they have a -OK at the end portion of it
line6 and then it might have the ODAT AND or ODAT ADD...

I would in this case like to add the string "_DLY" just before the -OK part.
so the file can contain Incond randomcondition-OKODAT AND


Thanks,

I do know the basic sed command like :

Code:
sed -e 's/Imre/Hungarian/g' myfile.txt > myfile_edit.txt

Although when i use -e or not it seems to do the same thing, so i dont really understand -e
I have read what is -e but i dont understand it , IF i am not seeing the difference.

I have tried things like /string/a \imre and it appends imre BUT on a new line...
and also i\ (not sure what is the purpose of forward slash.)
I dont seem to understand even how to read the man pages, it really frustrates me, this is why i have come to a forum.
The examples in MAN pages and even some SED documentation is not easy to understand for a new linux person, im sorry, this is my opinion.
This is why i come to a forum and speak to a human.
When i can pick up more BASIC FOUNDATION then i am sure i can Start or Begin to better understand the man pages.
Last edited by RudiC; 06-15-2016 at 07:36 PM.. Reason: Added code tags.
 

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locale::codes::langext5.18

Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangExt - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangExt;

	  $lext = code2langext('acm');		       # $lext gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
	  $code = langext2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

	  @codes   = all_langext_codes();
	  @names   = all_langext_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangExt" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language extensions, such as those as defined in
       the IANA language registry.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language
       registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language extensions. A code set may be specified using either a name, or
       a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langext('acm','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langext('acm',LOCALE_LANGEXT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'acm' for Mesopotamian Arabic.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langext ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langext2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langext_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langext_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langext_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-04					       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)
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