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Old 03-06-2007
how to insert few lines in the called script
I have a situation where in a few lines have to be added into a script at some particular location.
It is to be done from a file in another location just by running this file we should move the desired content into the target file.
ne one tell me..whats d solution for this
# 2  
Old 03-06-2007
Code:
sed "/pattern/r /dir1/dir2/file1" tgt_file > tmp
mv tmp tgt_file

where pattern is the regular expression after which you want to insert the contents of file1
# 3  
Old 03-06-2007
small correction in requirement
thanx for the quick reply here is the scenario i'm writing
i don want to insert entire contents of file but a portion or few lines from the source file to target file..
how to do this
# 4  
Old 03-06-2007
Check this post
https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/35013-appending-sed-output-one-file-into-middle-file.html
# 5  
Old 03-06-2007
If 'start' and 'end' are two words in the file and you want to copy all the data b/w 'start word and end word, use the below:

sed -n '/start/,/end/p' file >tmp
mv tmp file
# 6  
Old 03-06-2007
in the soluton u gave u mentioned the line number in the target file..
but In the target file how to insert between two particular patterns with out giving the line number
# 7  
Old 03-06-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by suri
in the soluton u gave u mentioned the line number in the target file..
but In the target file how to insert between two particular patterns with out giving the line number
You can insert after a particular pattern.
Code:
sed "/pattern1/a\\
$(sed -n -e "/aa/,/fff/{/fff/ ! s/$/\\\\/;p; }" file1)
" file2

What do you mean by between two particular patterns ?
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