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Old 09-04-2008
Insert {file,stdin} between delimiters

I'm working with a file like:
Code:
somestuff
somemorestuff
...
someadditionalstuff
STARTTAG
ENDTAG
someotherstuff
somecoolstuff
...
somefinalstuff

I've got some text (either in a file or piped) to put between STARTTAG and ENDTAG. I was thinking something like grepping for the line number of STARTTAG and ENDTAG and doing appropriate head and tail and so forth, but it'd get ugly by the time I was done. Is there a cleaner/easier way? I know how to do it in Perl, but surely there's an easier/faster/better option.

Thanks!,
BMDan

Last edited by BMDan; 09-04-2008 at 02:29 PM..
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Old 09-04-2008
If sed is allowed:

Code:
sed '/STARTTAG/r insertfile' file > newfile

Regards
# 3  
Old 09-04-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
If sed is allowed:

Code:
sed '/STARTTAG/r insertfile' file > newfile

Regards
Always with the neat sed tricks! /me files that one away.

Thanks,
Dan
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