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# 1  
Old 11-07-2014
Using sed to insert at position x and then every interval y for each line

Thanks to help from Don Cragun in post 302924174, I'm off and getting into trouble on my own (finally) with sed.

Here is my goal - insert
Code:
\\r\n

at the 60th character on each line and then every 76th character thereafter:

Input:
Code:
6F,00,72,00,20,00,73,00,69,00,74,00,20,00,61,00,6D,00,65,00,74,00,2C,00,20,00,63,00,6F,00,6E,00,73,00,65,00,63,00,74,00,65,00,74,00,75,00,72,00,2E,00,22,00,00,00;
22,00,54,00,68,00,65,00,20,00,71,00,75,00,69,00,63,00,6B,00,20,00,62,00,72,00,6F,00,77,00,6E,00,20,00,66,00,6F,00,78,00,5C,00,20,00,63,00,6F,00,6E,00,73,00,65,00,63,00,74,00,65,00,74,00,75,00,72,00,2E,00,22,00,00,00;

Output:
Code:
6F,00,72,00,20,00,73,00,69,00,74,00,20,00,61,00,6D,00,65,00,\
74,00,2C,00,20,00,63,00,6F,00,6E,00,73,00,65,00,63,00,74,00,65,00,74,00,75,\
00,72,00,2E,00,22,00,00,00;
22,00,54,00,68,00,65,00,20,00,71,00,75,00,69,00,63,00,6B,00,\
20,00,62,00,72,00,6F,00,77,00,6E,00,20,00,66,00,6F,00,78,00,5C,00,20,00,63,\
00,6F,00,6E,00,73,00,65,00,63,00,74,00,65,00,74,00,75,00,72,00,2E,00,22,00,\
00,00;

So I tried:
Code:
sed 's/./&\\\r\n/60 s/./&\\\r\n/76' input

but get a syntax error for char 16 being an unknown option to 's'.

This is puzzling to me as I'm able to successfully insert each 60 characters of every line with:
Code:
sed 's/./&\\\r\n/60' input

Shouldn't latter throw the same error?

Kind regads,

gus
# 2  
Old 11-07-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by gusbrown
and then every 76th character thereafter:
According to your output it's every 78th character thereafter?

So I tried:
Quote:
Originally Posted by gusbrown
Code:
sed 's/./&\\\r\n/60 s/./&\\\r\n/76' input

but get a syntax error for char 16 being an unknown option to 's'.
If you carefully look at Don's sed command, you'll notice that the two "s" statements are delimited by a semicolon.

Quote:
Originally Posted by gusbrown
Code:
sed 's/./&\\\r\n/60' input

Shouldn't latter throw the same error?
No, because it's only a single "s" statement.

Try this work-around (you see it's obviously 60+78+78, thus using this approach you might need to add some more "s" statements if the lines are longer than the sample lines you posted in this thread):
Code:
sed 's/./&\\\r\n/60; s/./&\\\r\n/138; s/./&\\\r\n/216' input

---------- Post updated at 06:17 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:11 PM ----------

I retract my words regarding 78 characters, however 78 were needed to produce the required output Smilie
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# 3  
Old 11-07-2014
Thank you for the pointers, had to go all the way to 606 but it works a charm!
# 4  
Old 11-07-2014
Print first 60 then strip them off
loop: print first 75 then strip them off
Code:
sed -n '
s/.\{60\}/&\\\r\n/;P;s/.*\n//
:L
s/.\{75\}/&\\\r\n/;P;s/.*\n//
tL
' input

---------- Post updated at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:42 PM ----------

The same, this time with 20 then 25 comma-separated fields:
Code:
sed -n '
s/[^,]*,/&\\\r\n/20;P;s/.*\n//
:L
s/[^,]*,/&\\\r\n/25;P;s/.*\n//
tL
' input

NB the \{count\} is faster than a //count repetition, but
s/[^,]*,/&\\\r\n/20
looks better than
s/\([^,]*,\)\{20\}/&\\\r\n/

Last edited by MadeInGermany; 11-07-2014 at 01:50 PM.. Reason: .*\n is easier
 
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