UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

sorry to bother again, but it still doesn't work. I'm using SunOS 5.8 and when I run the command you suggested I get an errors

% sed --version

gives "ksh: %: not found"

man sed doesn't return the version number either. Here is what I get :

udkoapp1p-oadppoap > man sed
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User Commands sed(1)

NAME
sed - stream editor

SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/sed [ -n ] script [ file ... ]

/usr/bin/sed [ -n ] [ -e script ] ... [ -f script_file
] ... [ file ... ]

/usr/xpg4/bin/sed [ -n ] script [ file ... ]

/usr/xpg4/bin/sed [ -n ] [ -e script ] ... [
-f script_file ] ... [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
The sed utility is a stream editor that reads one or more
text files, makes editing changes according to a script of
editing commands, and writes the results to standard output.
The script is obtained from either the script operand
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I tried using awk as you wrote, but I also get an error:
awk: syntax error near line 3
awk: illegal statement near line 3

thanks

Hi, greg.

The sed response you received means that the sed that is in your path is not the GNU sed. You can research this farther to see if you or your SA can acquire GNU sed for your use.

As regards the awk, I have read elsewhere in this forum that one is advised to:
As an aside, I have become disappointed with Solaris. It seems as if the utilities provided have not kept up with the GNU/Linux utilities, and consequently Solaris utilities lack many useful features. This does not mean that GNU/Linux is perfect -- I often find myself writing utilities that provide features that GNU/Linux omits.

I hope this works out well for you ... cheers, drl

Here is a sed script which should work on all versions of sed

Code:

#!/bin/sh

sed '
/package/ {
    h
    /PRAGMA/ b skip
    /END/ b skip
    s/package/app.package/
:skip
}'  < infile > outfile

Hi.

Confirmation: the modification posted by fpmurphy worked on the GNU/Linux that I noted earlier, and I tried it on a BSD box, sed version (from strings):

Code:

@(#) Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@(#)main.c      8.2 (Berkeley) 1/3/94

and it worked there as well. Nice work, fpmurphy.

The awk worked correctly on BSD, too ... cheers, drl

Hi,

thanks for your replies guys.

The script proposed by fpmurphy worked very well for me too. All the occurences were replaced except the ones that were on the lines containing either "PRAGMA" or "END". Thank you for your help.

Regarding the UNIX system I'm using, I have no say, I'm just a mere programmer who must toe the line

Thanks again for help,

Greg