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Re: example script want



( Re Message From: Ronald van Loon )
> 
> In a message to me, Ted Harding, you wrote:
> |"( Re Message From: Lawrence Chim )
> |"> 
> |"> Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line
> |"> of text into a text file.  The line should be placed below the
> |"> line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah.
> |"
> |"awk ' {
> |"  print $0 ;
> |"  if ( $0 == "section[xyz]" ) { print "new line of text" ; }
> |"} '
> |"
> |"Ted.                                    (Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk)
> 
> awk '{ print }
> /section\[xyz\]/ { print "new line of text"; }'

Your version will print "new line of text" every time "section[xyz]" is
matched anywhere in the input line. The form I gave ensures that only an
exact match for the whole line does this.

Best wishes,
Ted.                                    (Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk)


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