Re: sed: adding lines before/after/inside line groups

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

On Qua, 13 Jan 2010, green wrote:
> My head is about to burst from trying to comprehend sed usage.  Perhaps some
> kind individual(s) will help me lest my mental capacity by surpassed.
>
> I have a file that looks like this (please pardon the bad, fake lyrics):
> [snip] example
>
> I want to convert these to a LyX format that I have established.
>
> The Number: and Title: lines are easy enough to convert; only the Verse: and
> Chorus: chunks (which may be 8 lines) are a problem.  I need those chunks to
> have:
> - 1 line added before (different for verse/chorus)
> - 2 lines added between lines
> - 1 line added after (same for verse/chorus)

It may be possible to do this in sed alone, but a more complete  
scripting language, such as perl, python, ruby, etc. will probably  
make the job easier, since you'll not be limited to processing each  
line individually.

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br