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Old 04-04-2012
sed insert text 2 lines above pattern
Hi

I am trying to insert a block of text 2 lines above a pattern match using sed

eg
Code:
#Start of file entry
{

}
#End of file entry

new bit of text has to be put in just above the } eg

Code:
#Start of file entry
{

New bit of text
}
#End of file entry

I have tried the
Code:
sed /Pattern/i "text" filename

but it keeps getting garbled with the \n
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-04-2012 at 06:31 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 04-04-2012
awk
Hi,

Try this one,

Code:
awk -v pat="}" '{a[NR]=$0;}END{for(i=1;i<=NR;i++){if(a[i] ~ pat ){print "Insert Block\n"a[i];}else{print a[i];}}}' file

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
Last edited by rangarasan; 04-04-2012 at 06:38 AM..
# 3  
Old 04-04-2012
Try:
Code:
sed '/}/i\
New bit of text\
' infile

Code:
awk '/}/{print "New bit of text"}1' infile

# 4  
Old 04-04-2012
Hi rangarasan

thanks for that but I'm a bit confused not that used to awk

is pattern my pattern match eg
Code:
/\}\/n#End of file entry 1/

or is this the block of text I want to insert and how will this handle multiple inserts depending in the Start and End value eg in a file like test.txt

Code:
#Start of file entry 1
{
Insert text block a
}
#End of file entry 1

Code:
#Start of file entry 2
{
Insert of text block b
}
#End of file entry 2

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-04-2012 at 06:39 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 5  
Old 04-04-2012
awk
If } found then we need add some part before "}" line right?
If Yes, check with the awk else provides us desired input and desired output.
# 6  
Old 04-04-2012
Hi

its more if

#End of file entry 1

is found then insert the text before the } above it

I have tried the following but it returns nothing
Code:
sed -e 's/\}\n#End of file entry 1/#Start of Range\n range 123.456.789.0\n\}#End of file entry 1/' test

Last edited by Franklin52; 04-04-2012 at 07:05 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 7  
Old 04-04-2012
Sed can not be used to operate beyond newlines like that... Try:
Code:
sed '/}/{N;/\n#End of file entry 1/{s/^/text to insert\
/;};}' infile

or more modern sed:
Code:
sed '/}/{N;/\n#End of file entry 1/{s/^/text to insert\n/;};}' infile
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