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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
SUSE linux
bash shell
this works
test -d /tmpp && echo "directory exists" || echo "directory doesn't exists" |sed -e "s/^/prefix /"
prefix directory doesn't exists
but why doesn't this work?
test -d /tmp && echo "directory exists" || echo "directory doesn't exists" |sed -e... (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a specific requirement to add text at the beginning and end of a plain text file. I tried to use "sed" with '1i' and '$a' flags but these required two separate "sed" commands separated with "|".
I am looking for some command/option to join these two in single command parameter.
... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: bhupinder08
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have been trying to insert a line after a regex but I can't do it. Here is the code I am using:
cat saved_doc
SET type = type1
SET type = STORE = y
/vol/san_e1
/vol/san_5
/vol/san_e9
/vol/san_e11
/vol/san_e12
/vol/san_e13
/vol/san_e14
/vol/san_e16
/vol/san_e17
/vol/san_e18... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie2010
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How would you do vim copy line and paste at the beginning, middle, and end of another line. I know yy copies the whole line and p pastes the whole line, but on its own separate line. Sometimes I would like to copy a line to the beginning, middle, or end of another line. I would think this would be... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Well here goes:
I tried to write a batch file that adds a specific fixed text to each line of an already existing text file.
for the adding text infront of each line I tried this:
for /F "delims=" %%j in (list.txt) do echo.STARTTEXT\%%j >> list.txt
for adding text after each line I... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: pasc
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I specify special meaning characters like ^ or $ inside a regex range. e.g
Suppose I want to search for a string that either starts with '|' character or begins with start-of-line character.
I tried the following but it does not work:
sed 's/\(\)/<do something here>/g' file1
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jawsnnn
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
What is a regex for "the dalai lama, his holiness the"
that would just grab "the dalai lama"
and one that would just grab "his holiness the"? Both should exclude the comma..
I was trying '^.*' and many variants with no luck. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: glev2005
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I have a doubt in sed, i want to add some parameter at the end of the tag inside a xml tag. how to i do that. so i want to add Results="true" value="high" inside the xml tag.
Orignal
<execute description="reboot">
<execute description="Stop Servlet">
After adding the... (5 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Im trying to add 5 blank spaces to the end of each line in a file in a sed script. I can figure out who o put the spaces pretty much anywhere else but at the end.
thanks
Karl (7 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, excuse me for my poor english.
My problem is that:
I have a File
i want to add to each line of that file two strings: one at the beginning of the line, one at the ending.
string1="abcd"
string2="efgh"
i want $string1 content $string2 for each line.
Is that possible? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Linux-fueled
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