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Old 08-20-2015
Bash script - add/edit to file and save - sed?
I'm working on a script to execute a number of items. One being, editing particular files to add certain lines. I'm attempting to utilize sed, but, having issues when running from a bash script. Assistance is greatly appreciated.

My example:
Code:
sed -i '14 i\
# add these lines
add these lines to the file
add these line to the file'
/my/file/location | tee /my/file/location


This is suppose to insert the lines after "sed -i '14 i\," into line 14, overwrite and save.
Last edited by Nvizn; 08-20-2015 at 03:43 PM..
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Old 08-20-2015
Why the tee?
# 3  
Old 08-20-2015
I'm open to any suggestion. Doesn't need to be sed.

---------- Post updated at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:06 PM ----------

Resolved using awk and writing the output, to a temp file.
Last edited by Nvizn; 08-20-2015 at 04:16 PM..
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Old 08-20-2015
Could you please show us how you used awk to make this work so other people reading your thread can learn from your experience?
# 5  
Old 08-20-2015
Try escaping the <new line> characters in the insertion text:
Code:
sed -i '14 i\
# add these lines\
add these lines to the file\
add these line to the file
' /my/file/location

Last edited by RudiC; 08-20-2015 at 05:34 PM..
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Old 08-20-2015
Code:
a="/file/location"
b="/file/locationb"
awk -v n=14 -v s="my text
my text
my text" 'NR == n {print s} {print}' $a > $b && mv $b $a

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