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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Inserting a character in a data file Post 31230 by jxh461 on Monday 4th of November 2002 03:55:48 PM
Old 11-04-2002
Question Inserting a character in a data file
Can some one tell me how I can insert a "|" (pipe) at the 15th column throughout a file?

examples:
to insert at begining of line i use :g/^/s//\|/
to insert at ene of line i use :g/$/s//\|/

how can i insert at the 15th column position.

Thanks in advance
 

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has_il

has_ic(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					  has_ic(3XCURSES)

NAME

       has_ic, has_il - determine insert/delete character/line capability

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       bool has_ic(void);

       bool has_il(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The has_ic() function determines whether or not the terminal has  insert/delete character capability.

       The has_il() function determines whether or not the terminal has  insert/delete line capability.

RETURN VALUES

       The has_ic() function returns TRUE if the terminal has insert/delete character capability and FALSE otherwise.

       The has_il() function returns TRUE if the terminal has  insert/delete line capability and FALSE otherwise.

ERRORS

       None.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							  has_ic(3XCURSES)
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