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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash copy and paste text in file from one position to another Post 303007405 by firefox2k2 on Thursday 16th of November 2017 06:48:17 AM
Old 11-16-2017
Bash copy and paste text in file from one position to another
Hi I have a text file with lines beginning with 71303, 71403, 71602,

I need to copy the 10 digit text at position 30 on lines beginning with 71303 (5500011446) to position 99 on every line beginning with 71602 (see example below),

There may be many 71303 lines but I need the text copying to the next 71602 line it finds then move on to the next 71303 in the file and again copy the text at position 30 to the next 71602 line at position 99

From this:

Code:
7130300404585171115LN   03    5500011446        LN                    W444B    71403CPLA27826AA             K0231AA/5             0060000000026000ST0000000026000ST000  001                S        G              
71602

so that it looks like this:

Code:
7130300404585171115LN   03    5500011446        LN                   W444B    71403CPLA27826AA             K0231AA/5              0060000000026000ST0000000026000ST000  001                S        G             
71602                                                                                              5500011446

Hope this makes sense and thank you in advance for any help.
 

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XmTextSetSource(3X)													       XmTextSetSource(3X)

NAME

       XmTextSetSource - A Text function that sets the source of the widget

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/Text.h>

       void XmTextSetSource (widget, source, top_character, cursor_position)
	       Widget widget;
	       XmTextSource source;
	       XmTextPosition top_character;
	       XmTextPosition cursor_position;

DESCRIPTION

       XmTextSetSource	sets  the source of the Text widget.  Text widgets can share sources of text so that editing in one widget is reflected in
       another.  This function sets the source of one widget so that it can share the source of another widget.

       Setting a new text source destroys the old text source if no other Text widgets are using that source. To replace a text source but keep it
       for later use, create an unmanaged Text widget and set its source to the text source you want to keep.  Specifies the Text widget ID Speci-
       fies the source with which the widget displays text.  This can be a value returned by the XmTextGetSource(3X) function.	If  no	source	is
       specified,  the widget creates a default string source.	Specifies the position in the text to display at the top of the widget. This is an
       integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer.  The first character position is 0.	Specifies the position in the text
       at which the insert cursor is located.  This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer.  The first character
       position is 0.

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