Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys,i urgently need help in this problem,i need to append one sentence to another line when it meet a certain word.

For example:

root: root time_last_login = 1191232080 root tty_last_login = /dev/vty0 root host_last_login = rep1nim root unsuccessful_login_count = 0 root time_last_unsuccessful_login = 1183617892 root tty_last_unsuccessful_login = /dev/vty0 root host_last_unsuccessful_login = rep1nim

i need to when it meet the word "root",then it will go to the next line..really hope u guys can help..thanks in advance!!

Hi,

Can you explain more on your problem so that it will be helpful.

Regards,
Chella

Hi,well..what i trying to do is that when the sentence meet the word "root" it will automatically bring the remaining sentences to the next line,it will somehow be like this after what i wanted

root:
root time_last_login = 1191232080
root tty_last_login = /dev/vty0
root host_last_login = rep1nim
root unsuccessful_login_count = 0
root time_last_unsuccessful_login = 1183617892
root tty_last_unsuccessful_login = /dev/vty0
root host_last_unsuccessful_login = rep1nim

Is there anyway to do that with sed or awk???

Can you show a start state then an end state. This would help to define things.

hey hi,well..the starting is what i post in the start of my thread which is like this

starting:
root: root time_last_login = 1191232080 root tty_last_login = /dev/vty0 root host_last_login = rep1nim root unsuccessful_login_count = 0 root time_last_unsuccessful_login = 1183617892 root tty_last_unsuccessful_login = /dev/vty0 root host_last_unsuccessful_login = rep1nim

ending:
root:
root time_last_login = 1191232080
root tty_last_login = /dev/vty0
root host_last_login = rep1nim
root unsuccessful_login_count = 0
root time_last_unsuccessful_login = 1183617892
root tty_last_unsuccessful_login = /dev/vty0
root host_last_unsuccessful_login = rep1nim

ya,thats what i want,hope u guys can help!!thanks!!

you could at least show some effort on your part.

Code:

awk 'BEGIN{RS="root"}{print "root " $0}' "file"

hey thanks alot ghostdog!!hmmm..ya..haha..cos i am really damn noob in programming..need some pros help..haha..thanks alot..