This works for me in GNU sed: sed '0,/^\#/ c My new line content goes here. Watch out for special characters.'
Regards, --Jim-- James S. Tison Senior Software Engineer Software Group/EPS Architecture IBM Corporation "Romanowski, John (OFT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> 10/25/2006 03:57 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject use sed or awk or ? I want to find the first comment line that begins with a target string in column 1 (#target) and replace only that first target line with another string. There are multiple lines that begin with #target. I've struck out with sed (not that I know sed). Any quick hints on a sed or awk or ?? sequence that does that? -------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
