On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Glenn Cogle <[email protected]> wrote: > Presently I think sed is the tool, as eventually the input will be a > multi-line text file;
I do not follow your logic. > > cat $FILE | sed -e 'fiddle about with every line' > $OUTPUT > > gc > > > On 28 June 2011 13:55, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
