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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear all,
i am having text file like below
surya
rama
ranga
laxman
rajesh
reddy
i want add string (OK) before a text from line 3 to 5
the result will be
surya
rama
OK ranga
OK laxman
OK rajesh
reddy (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: suryanarayana
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
how to insert a '#' in the first position of all the files based on a certain condition.
I tried this:
cat /bin/user/input_file.txt | while read a
do
b=`sed 's/.*song=good.*/\#&/g' $a `
echo $b > /bin/user/new/output_file.txt
done
input_file.txt has list of names of 10... (5 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I woud like to substitue a string on a specific position for specific lines
I've got a file and I would like to change a specific string from "TOCHANGE" to "ABCABCAB"
For every line (except 1,2, 3 and the last one) , I need to check between the 9th and the 16th digits.
For the 3rd line, I... (7 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to insert space in 7th position of all the lines usign vi editor or sed command
Input file
12345689010
abcdefghijk
.
.
Output file
123456 89010
abcdef ghijk
.
. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jairaj
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to use sed to replace specific characters at a specific position in the file with a different value... can this be done?
Example:
File:
A0199999123
A0199999124
A0199999125
Need to replace 99999 in positions 3-7 with 88888.
Any help is appreciated. (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to add Pipe (|) at 5th and 18th position of all records a file. How can I do this?
I tried to add it at 5th position using the below code. It didnt work. Please help!!!
awk '{substr($0,5,1) ~ /|/}{print}' $input_file > $temp_file (1 Reply)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am having trouble converting a text file. I have been working for this whole day now, still i couldn't make it.
Here is how the text file looks:
_______________________________________________________
DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION FOR LOCATION 1:
OPER STATES: Disabled E:Enabled ... (5 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, guys. I have one question:
How can I search for a line with certain string in it and then insert a string into this line?
For example:
There is a file called shadow, the contents of it are below:
**************************
...
yuanz:VIRADxMsadfDF/Q:0:0:50:7:::... (9 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
It has been a long time since I have written unix code and I need to insert a variable into the first position of each line in a file. Below is an example of the script and the desired output file
Here is my short script
server="$(hostname)"
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to insert strings "0000 00" at the each line within the file.
The postion is 37 to 42.
ex.
name1 name2 0000 00
nam name 0000 00
The "0000 00" in two lines should be lined up.
I don't know why it's not lined up when I posted it.
Can anyone help? (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: whatisthis
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