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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Insert Text after one, two, three lines & so on.. Post 302975825 by MadeInGermany on Sunday 19th of June 2016 01:44:21 PM
Old 06-19-2016
Here is an attempt. Save the following to a file "test.sh" and make it executable.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
awk '
NR==1 {
  print "<heading>"
}
NR==2 {
  if (/\./ || length>=80) {
    # this looks like text
    print "</heading"
    print "<text>"
  } else {
    # this looks lilke a 2nd header line
    print
    print "</heading"
    print "<text>"
    next
  }
}
{ print }
END {
  if (NR>1) print "</text>"
}
' "$@"

Now you can run it with
Code:
./test.sh File1.txt
./test.sh File2.txt

See the criteria for the start of the text: if there is a . character or the length of the line is >= 80.
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PERLIVP(1)						 Perl Programmers Reference Guide						PERLIVP(1)

NAME

       perlivp - Perl Installation Verification Procedure

SYNOPSIS

       perlivp [-p] [-v] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The perlivp program is set up at Perl source code build time to test the Perl version it was built under.  It can be used after running:

	   make install

       (or your platform's equivalent procedure) to verify that perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.  A correct installation is
       verified by output that looks like:

	   ok 1
	   ok 2

       etc.

OPTIONS

       -h help
	    Prints out a brief help message.

       -p print preface
	    Gives a description of each test prior to performing it.

       -v verbose
	    Gives more detailed information about each test, after it has been performed.  Note that any failed tests ought to print out some
	    extra information whether or not -v is thrown.

DIAGNOSTICS

       o   print "# Perl binary '$perlpath' does not appear executable.
";

	   Likely to occur for a perl binary that was not properly installed.  Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       o   print "# Perl version '$]' installed, expected $ivp_VERSION.
";

	   Likely to occur for a perl that was not properly installed.	Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       o   print "# Perl @INC directory '$_' does not appear to exist.
";

	   Likely to occur for a perl library tree that was not properly installed.  Correct by conducting a proper installation.

       o   print "# Needed module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.
";

	   One of the two modules that is used by perlivp was not present in the installation.	This is a serious error since it adversely affects
	   perlivp's ability to function.  You may be able to correct this by performing a proper perl installation.

       o   print "# Required module '$_' does not appear to be properly installed.
";

	   An attempt to "eval "require $module"" failed, even though the list of extensions indicated that it should succeed.	Correct by
	   conducting a proper installation.

       o   print "# Unnecessary module 'bLuRfle' appears to be installed.
";

	   This test not coming out ok could indicate that you have in fact installed a bLuRfle.pm module or that the "eval " require
	   "$module_name.pm"; "" test may give misleading results with your installation of perl.  If yours is the latter case then please let
	   the author know.

       o   print "# file",+($#missing == 0) ? '' : 's'," missing from installation:
";

	   One or more files turned up missing according to a run of "ExtUtils::Installed -> validate()" over your installation.  Correct by
	   conducting a proper installation.

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AUTHOR

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