Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:36 +0530 From: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Subject: Need sed to do something which sounds simple Message-ID: <4A1E8824.1020604@gmail.com>
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Hi,
I need sed to do something which sounds simple, but I can't figure out
the right command. All I need to do is insert a blank after a '}' at the
end of a line if the next line begins immediately afterwards (i.e. with
no blank line between).
//abc.cpp :
int myclass::fx(int * arg)
{
if(! (isValid()))
{
return -1;
}
return ptr->fx(arg);
}
//what-i-want.cpp :
int myclass::fx(int * arg)
{
if(! (isValid()))
{
return -1;
}
return ptr->fx(arg);
}
The commands I have tried are :
i)
sed -e 's/\(}$\)\n\(^[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]\+\)/\1\n\n\2/' \
<abc.cpp >what-i-want.cpp
ii)
sed -e 's/\(}$\)\(^[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]\+\)/\1\n\2/' \
<abc.cpp >what-i-want.cpp
but obviously neither works, which is why posting this message.
Can anybody please tell me what the correct command would be like ?
Thank you &
--
Regards
Manish Jain
invalid.pointer@gmail.com
+91-96500-10329
Laast year I kudn't spell Software Engineer. Now I are won.
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