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# 1  
Old 12-21-2012
Sed/awk/perl command to replace pattern in multiple lines
Hi
I know sed and awk has options to give range of line numbers, but
I need to replace pattern in specific lines
Something like
Code:
sed -e '1s,14s,26s/pattern/new pattern/' file name

Can somebody help me in this....

I am fine with see/awk/perl
Thank you in advance
Last edited by Franklin52; 12-21-2012 at 04:47 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 12-21-2012
Try it using this format:
Code:
sed 'beginning_line#,ending_line# s/pattern/new pattern/' file_name

# 3  
Old 12-21-2012
Have a look on this thread.

Code:
# nl file
     1  Sathya
     2  Sathya
     3  Sathya
     4  Sathya
     5  SAthya
     6  Narayanan
     7  Narayanan
     8  Sathya
     9  Sathya
    10  Narayanan

Code:
# sed -e "1s/Sathya/XXX/" -e "3s/Sathya/XXX/" -e "9s/Sathya/XXX/" file
XXX
Sathya
XXX
Sathya
SAthya
Narayanan
Narayanan
Sathya
XXX
Narayanan

Last edited by sathyaonnuix; 12-21-2012 at 02:23 AM..
# 4  
Old 12-21-2012
Hi Sathyaonunix
Dear sathyaonunix,
Consider that the pattern that you have changed are different ie., say
XXX1
XXX2
XXX3

and these might be the contents of a file say file2.txt
now can you please help me to replace the pattern Sathya in file1 with the three patterns of file2.txt.

And what if the contents of file1 that contains
nl file 1 Sathya 2 Sathya 3 Sathya 4 Sathya 5 SAthya 6 Narayanan 7 Narayanan 8 Sathya 9 Sathya 10 Narayanan might not have a key and might be arranged in a singel line like this,
sathya sathya sathya sathya sathya Narayanan Narayanan Sathya sathya Narayanan

Please suggest me how to replace if we encounter such a problem,

Thanks,
Kashyap.



Thanks,
Kashyap.
# 5  
Old 12-21-2012
For your second query, here is the solution :

Code:
# cat file
sathya sathya sathya sathya sathya Narayanan Narayanan Sathya sathya Narayanan

# sed 's/ /\n/g' file
sathya
sathya
sathya
sathya
sathya
Narayanan
Narayanan
Sathya
sathya
Narayanan

For the first one can you please explain more on how you want to achieve it.

---------- Post updated at 09:05 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:35 AM ----------

If I understood your question correctly here is the code:
Code:
# cat file1
sathya
sathya
sathya
sathya
sathya
Narayanan
Narayanan
Sathya
sathya
Narayanan

# cat file2
XXX1
XXX2
XXX3

# sed -e "1s/sathya/$(sed -n '1p' file2)/" -e "3s/sathya/$(sed -n '2p' file2)/" -e "9s/sathya/$( sed -n '3p' file2)/" file1
XXX1
sathya
XXX2
sathya
sathya
Narayanan
Narayanan
Sathya
XXX3
Narayanan

# 6  
Old 12-21-2012
Sathyaonunix,
I think your suggestion should work for me.Thank You...
# 7  
Old 12-21-2012
Code:
sed -e '1b' -e '14b' -e '26b' -e 's/pattern/replacement/'

GNU sed takes
Code:
sed '1b; 14b; 26b; s/pattern/replacement/'

---------- Post updated at 11:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:19 AM ----------

...and the reverse is:
Code:
sed -e '1bx' -e '14bx' -e '26bx' -e 'b' -e ':x' -e 's/pattern/replacement/'

Maybe this is better readable:
Code:
sed '
1bx
14bx
26x
b
:x
s/pattern/replacement/
'

---------- Post updated at 11:44 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:33 AM ----------

Last but not least:
Code:
awk 'NR==1 || NR==14 || NR==26 {sub("pattern","replacement")} {print}'
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