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Old 03-29-2012
sed or awk to replace a value in a certain line containing a string
hi experts ,

I have an input like following.
Code:
R sfst     1000.0000                                                            
$ new time step for mass scaled calculation
R dt2ms    -4.000E-7                                                            
$ friction value for blank
R mue       0.120000                                                            
$ blankholder force
R bhf      2.0000E+5                                                            
$ simulation time
R endtime   0.150000

i want to change the value on the line containing 'mue'
with following I can read it but cant change it.

Code:
awk ' /mue/ { print $3 } ' input.txt

The value is to be taken from another file fric.txt.
fric.txt contains only numbers, one on each line .

Can anybody guide me doing this using sed or awk?
# 2  
Old 03-29-2012
What matches fric.txt values to the value(s) in your input? (i.e. how do you know which fric.txt line to use?)
# 3  
Old 03-29-2012
awk
Hi,

Try this one,

Code:
awk 'BEGIN{while(getline line <"fric.txt"){k++;val[k]=line;}}/mue/{i++;$3=val[i];print;}' file

Input:
file:

Code:
R sfst     1000.0000
$ new time step for mass scaled calculation
R dt2ms    -4.000E-7
$ friction value for blank
R mue       0.120000
$ blankholder force
R mue       0.130000
R bhf      2.0000E+5
R mue       0.140000
$ simulation time
R endtime   0.150000

fric.txt

Code:
1.120000
2.130000
6.140000

Output

Code:
R sfst     1000.0000
$ new time step for mass scaled calculation
R dt2ms    -4.000E-7
$ friction value for blank
R mue 1.120000
$ blankholder force
R mue 2.130000
R bhf      2.0000E+5
R mue 6.140000
$ simulation time
R endtime   0.150000

Hope, i convered your requirement.

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
# 4  
Old 03-29-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by CarloM
What matches fric.txt values to the value(s) in your input? (i.e. how do you know which fric.txt line to use?)
it will take the first value for one time.
The I will delete that line from fric.txt so that next time it will take the next value and so on..
# 5  
Old 03-29-2012
You could just use rangarasan's solution.

Or modified so it doesn't read all of fric.txt every time:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{getline line <"fric.txt"} /mue/{$3=line;print;}' file

# 6  
Old 03-29-2012
it doesnt work at all , it just output the line containing mue..

I also want to keep the format same and inplace editing.
# 7  
Old 03-29-2012
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{getline line <"fric.txt"} /mue/{printf ("%s %-8s %s\n", $1, $2, line);} $0 !~ /mue/ {print}' file
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