10-28-2003
Almost!
well i have it almost but arrgh
1. with perl
perl -pi -e "s:^:#ifdef MALLOC_TRACE\n#include <logalloc.h>\n#endif\n:" *.test
almost right but it replaces every begining of a line(^) with my string, it only needs to replace the 1st line!
2. with sed
sed -e "1s:^:#ifdef MALLOC_TRACE\n#include <logalloc.h>\n#endif\n:" *.test
sed replaces only the first line (notice the 1 infront of the 's'. (the perl script dosent support the 1)
But sed dosent recognize the newlines, i dont know how to define them in the cshell.
2 questions:
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1.how do i declare a \n (newline) in the cshell?
2. how can i limit my perl script to only one (the first) line?
Lazzar
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
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This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
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Display some processing information.
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Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
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No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
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Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
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