how can i do it with unix command instead of manually editing file.
You seem to want to automatically update some sort of source-code. There is a specialised utility for that, it is called patch. In general it is fed a diff-output file and applies this diff to a sourcce file. This is the common way to update the source in a source-rpm to a higher version. The update will contain all the diffs which, when applied to an older version, give you the newer version. The man page of patch is rather exhaustive, so i suggest to read it carefully. If there are still questions please do not hesitate to raise them.
If you just want to replace fixed lines with a fixed text you could create a "changes-file" that might look like this:
i.e.
and feed it the following script, which just an infinitely dumb version of patch:
Notice that in this case the replacement text must not contain regexes, i.e. backreferences like \1
I hope this helps.
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Hi,
I need a sed line that will find all lines that contain "<int key="NSWindowStyleMask">" and then replace the entire line (not just that one string) with "<int key="NSWindowStyleMask">8223</int>". It doesn't necessarily have to use sed as long as it gets the job done :)
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I've got a file full of numbers, example:
cat test.file
60835287
0
51758036
40242437
0
32737144
0
24179513
0
4131489957
I want to replace those numbers (4 Replies)
I want to use sed to check if a short line is contained in the line after it, and if it is, to delete the short one. In other words, the input is...
This is a
This is a line
... and I want it to give me...
This is a line
Here's what I've tried so far: s/\(^.*\)\n\(\1.*$\)/\2/
Also,... (7 Replies)
Hello,
I have 8 lines containing these unique words in both files
645147468537
673962863160
673962864957
691717701950
707917019907
790085591726
792975507744
852174812753
file.dat.orig (has 1000 lines) and file.dat(has only 8 lines)
I want to replace those lines in file.dat.orig by... (1 Reply)
Hi everybody,
I am a newbie in shell scripting and I'm trying to write a script which reads lines from a file, searching some of this lines to change a specified number. I want to replace the line for another in the file.
I have to replace multiples lines, so I have a for. Now I am trying with... (1 Reply)
hey guys,
I tried searching but most 'search and replace' questions are related to one liners.
Say I have a file to be replaced that has the following:
$ cat testing.txt
TESTING
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
ENDTESTING
This is the input file: (3 Replies)
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I have the following file i need to alter. I want to search a list of files for the DEVSERIAL "0007862454" part but only the numbers. I then need to replace the line under DRIVES with the correct drive... (7 Replies)
Literally cannot get this one, guys. Single line replacement is simple, but I am not understanding the correct syntax for including a new line feed into the substitution part.
Here's what I got. (Cannot use perl)
#!/bin/sh
set -f
#Start Perms
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I need to replace the (*) in the fist of a list with numbers using sed for example >
this file contain a list
* linux
* computers
* labs
* questions
to >>>>
this file contain a list
1. linux
2. computers
3. labs
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Hello,
I'm here again asking for your precious help.
I'm writing some code to convert csv files to html.
I want to highlight header and also I want to have rows with alternate colors.
So far this is my work###Let's format first line only with some color
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
ed
ED(1) General Commands Manual ED(1)NAME
ed - editor
SYNOPSIS
ed file
OPTIONS
- Suppress line/byte count messages (for in scripts)
EXAMPLES
ed prog.c # Edit prog.c
echo '1,$p' | ed - file
# Odd way to write 'cat file'
DESCRIPTION
Ed is functionally equivalent to the standard V7 editor, ed. It supports the following commands:
(.) a: append
(.,.)c: change
(.,.)d: delete
e: edit new file"
f: print name of edited file"
(1,$)g: global command
(.) i: insert
(.,.+1)j: join lines together
(.) k: mark
(.) l: print with special characters in octal
(.,.)m: move
(.,.)p: print
q: quit editor"
(.) r: read in new file
(.,.)s: substitute
(1,$)v: like g, except select lines that do not match
(1,$)w: write out edited file
Many of the commands can take one or two addresses, as indicated above. The defaults are shown in parentheses. Thus a appends to the cur-
rent line, and g works on the whole file as default. The dot refers to the current line. Below is a sample editing session with comments
given following the # symbol.
ed prog.c # Edit prog.c
3,20p # Print lines 3 through 20
/whole/ # Find next occurence of whole
s/whole/while/ # Replace whole by while
g/Buf/s//BUF/g # Replace Buf by BUF everywhere
w # Write the file back
q # Exit the editor
Ed is provided for its sentimental value. If you want a line-oriented editor, try ex. If you want a good editor, use elle, elvis, or
mined.
SEE ALSO elvis(1), elle(9), mined(9).
ED(1)