Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:55:10 +0200 From: Olivier Regnier <oregnier@oregnier.net> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with sed to insert a new line Message-ID: <4683938E.30708@oregnier.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420706280336v204c8caava4c6259a5397fbf6@mail.gmail.com> References: <46838E41.4060902@oregnier.net> <cb5206420706280336v204c8caava4c6259a5397fbf6@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Pantyukhin a écrit : > On 6/28/07, Olivier Regnier <oregnier@oregnier.net> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have a file called "test" with the following lines: >> ### >> a >> b >> >> d >> e >> f >> ### >> >> With sed, i want to insert the "c" letter after "b" letter. Logically >> simple, but not for me. >> >> Here is my command : # sed -i.old -e "4i\c" >> >> I have this message : sed: 1: "4i\c": extra characters after \ at the >> end of i command > > AFAIK, with our sed you can only do that with multiline > command: > % sed -i.old -e "4i\\<press enter> > c" test > > The backslash is doubled, because shells interpret > backslash-newline as a space. With GNU sed it's > much easier. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hello, Ok with your command : % sed -i.old -e "4i\\<press enter> c" test It's good but if i want to use my command in a shell script ? It's possible or not :) Thank you :) Olivier.
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