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Old 07-22-2009
Perl - Inserting text
Hey,

I have 10 lines of text ... And I would like to Insert prefix for each line with static text.

Code:
perl -pi -e 's/()/$1 TEST$./' data.txt

Each line will have different static prefix, Code above works perfectly for 1st line ... I'm just not sure how I can run same command for 2nd line 3rd etc ....
Thank You in Advance
# 2  
Old 07-22-2009
it should make the change for all the lines in the file. But why is there nothing in between the parenthesis? /()/
# 3  
Old 07-22-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by KevinADC
it should make the change for all the lines in the file. But why is there nothing in between the parenthesis? /()/
Hey I guess I need to put (\t\t) for Tabs ?
And again how I can specify that Line2 will have Prefix ABCD Line3 EFG etc ?
Code:
perl -pi -e 's/\t/$1 TEST $./' data.txt

Because right now It only adds prefix for 1st line ...

Thank You
# 4  
Old 07-22-2009
this won't do anything

perl -pi -e 's/\t/$1 TEST $./' data.txt

$1 is never defined because there are no capturing parentheses in the search side of the regexp. Maybe this is what you mean:

perl -pi -e 's/(\t)/$1 TEST $./' data.txt

why it does not affect the entire file and only the first line, I don't know.
# 5  
Old 07-22-2009
This code works almost as I would like it .. the only problem is that is not adding text in front of existing line ...

Code:
perl -i -ple 'print q{Text to Insert} if $. == 9; close ARGV if eof' data.txt

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