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1. 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)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to put a particular text, say, the hash '#' before each of the first n lines of a file.
How can I do that? (4 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
how can i insert a string sush as "###" instead of blank lines in a file?
i try this code but it doesn't work!
awk 'NF<1 {$1=="###" ; print$0}' in_file > out_file (13 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have done this sed command to insert one line after a specific string is found:
sed '/patternstring/ a\
new line string' file1
But how do I insert two lines? This is not possible:
sed '/patternstring/ a\
new line string \a
new line string 2' file1 (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
In continuation of my previous thread 'Add text at the end of line conditionally', I need to further modfiy the file after adding text at the end of the line. Now, I need to add a fixed charater string at alternate lines starting from first line using awk or sed.My file is now as below:... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: angshuman
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
New problem, or challenge as they prefer in the US.
I need to insert some lines in a file before certain other lines.
To make it more clear:
Original file:
aaaa
bbbbb
ccccc
ddddd
bbbbb
fffff
ggggg
Now I want to insert the line "NEW_NEW_NEW" when I match "fffff", but I want... (7 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a command that returns following, but it's missing a title for each line.
YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR ID
YOUR EMAIL
YOUR ADDRESS
YOUR PHONE
Now, I want to add its title to each line:
Name: YOUR FULL NAME
ID: YOUR ID
Email: YOUR EMAIL
Address: YOUR ADDRESS
Phone:... (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm working with a file like:
somestuff
somemorestuff
...
someadditionalstuff
STARTTAG
ENDTAG
someotherstuff
somecoolstuff
...
somefinalstuffI've got some text (either in a file or piped) to put between STARTTAG and ENDTAG. I was thinking something like grepping for the line number of... (2 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I've got some problems with editing a big configuration file .. its about 2k lines long.. anyway what I need is to place certain text to certain line number.. lets say I need to place "Something" on line 980 .. "something" else on line number 1500 and so on without tempering the rest of... (12 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a situation where in a few lines have to be added into a script at some particular location.
It is to be done from a file in another location just by running this file we should move the desired content into the target file.
ne one tell me..whats d solution for this (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: suri
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