1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I need to insert new text and change existing text in a file. For that I used the below line in the command line and got the expected output. sed '$a\ hi... ' shell > shell1 But I face problem when using the same in script. It is throwing the error as, sed: command garbled:... (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I know that sed -n '12p' file will print line 12 but how might I insert text to a specified line? thanks (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello. I'm trying to insert text in various positions and I could only do that using pipes for each position. Example: cat file | sed -e 's#\(.\{5\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g' | sed -e 's#\(.\{26\}\)\(.*\)#\1:\2#g' Insert ":" at position 5 and 26. it can be done in the same sentence, without using... (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I use sed to insert text at beginning of a file. But sed inserts a newline after my text that I do not need. For example, I want to insert "foo" at the beginning of my file: > cat myfile This is first line. > sed -i '1i\foo' myfile > cat myfile foo This is first line. ... (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

sed '1r file.txt' <source.txt >desti.txt This example will insert 'file.txt' between line 1 and 2 of source.txt. sed '0r file.txt' <source.txt >desti.txt gives an error message. Does anyone know how 'sed' can insert 'file.txt' before the first line of source.txt? (18 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have: /path/to/my/fixdir/MD1234567.tar I want to have: /path/to/my/fixdir/MD/1234567.tar fixdir never changes but MD does and how many numerical digits does. I want something like: /usr/bin/sed 's/fixdir\/../fixdir\/..\//' This ends up: /path/to/my/fixdir/../1234567.tar But... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

sed 's/$/TEST/g' will insert TEST at the end of each line. i want to insert TEST at column 64 (7 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I am trying to insert a block of text 2 lines above a pattern match using sed eg #Start of file entry { } #End of file entry new bit of text has to be put in just above the } eg #Start of file entry { New bit of text } #End of file entry (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I was wondering if anyone new of a solution to this problem? I need to copy a time stamp that is on a line of .text in a text file into multiple positions on the same line. I need to insert the time stamp on the same line between every occurance of the text ".pdf_.html" right after the... (9 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to insert a section of text between lines in another text file. The new lines to be inserted are: abcd.efgh.zzzz=blah abcd.efgh.xxxx=blah Where N = 0 to 2 Original File: abcd.efgh.wwxx=aaaaa abcd.efgh.yyzz=bbbbb abcd.efgh.wwxx=aaaaa abcd.efgh.yyzz=bbbbb... (3 Replies)