On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Glenn Cogle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all sed gurus (& wannabes like me), > > Wanting to `sed` beyond my present understanding; > > echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed 'keep first 5 chars, then append a Z > to every fourth char thereafter, and keep the leftovers too' > > ie > > abcdefghiZjklmZnopqZrstuZvwxyZz > > I think sed would be capable of this - but haven't proven it yet. > > gc
Is sed the tool for this? I would have thought python might be the answer, although don't ask me to actually do it). Or perl perhaps. if you want to cut up a string, cut can be quite useful. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
