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Old 09-05-2012
Adding text to the end of the specific line in a file(only to the first occurrence of it)
Hi,

I want to add a text to the end of the specific line in a file. Now my file looks like this:
Code:
999
111
222
333
111
444

I want to add the string " 555" to the end of the first line contaning 111. Moreover, I want to insert a newline after this line containg the "000" string. The output should look like this:
Code:
999
111 555
000
222
333
111
444

If it is possible, the input string (" 555 \n000") should be given from another file

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 09-05-2012
Try something like this..

Code:
awk '{if(s == "") {if($0 == "111") { s=$0 FS 555; print s;print "000"} else {print}} else{ print}}' file

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# 3  
Old 09-05-2012
Try...
Code:
$ head file[12]
==> file1 <==
999
111
222
333
111
444

==> file2 <==
 555
000

$ awk '/111/&&!c++{$0=$0 s};1' s="$(<file2)" file1
999
111 555
000
222
333
111
444

$

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wenclu
# 4  
Old 09-05-2012
awk
Hi,

Try this out,

Code:
awk '/^111$/ && !p{p=1;print $0 FS "555" RS "000";next;}1' file

Cheers,
Ranga Smilie
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# 5  
Old 09-05-2012
Thank you all very much. However, in my enviroment there works only the first sollution:
Code:
awk '{if(s == "") {if($0 == "111") { s=$0 FS 555; print s;print "000"} else {print}} else{ print}}' file

I have also another file in which I want to get the following result (the 111555 string instead of 111 555):
Code:
999
111555
000
222
333
111
444

Is it possible to use the given above solution to obtain this result?

Thanks in advance
# 6  
Old 09-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by wenclu
Thank you all very much. However, in my enviroment there works only the first sollution:
Code:
awk '{if(s == "") {if($0 == "111") { s=$0 FS 555; print s;print "000"} else {print}} else{ print}}' file

I have also another file in which I want to get the following result (the 111555 string instead of 111 555):
Code:
999
111555
000
222
333
111
444

Is it possible to use the given above solution to obtain this result?

Thanks in advance
May i know your environment..?
OS..?
awk version..?

Cheers,
Ranga Smilie
# 7  
Old 09-05-2012
Hi,

OS: SunOS 5.9
Gnu Awk (gawk) 2.15, patchlevel 5
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