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Editing a file without awk or sed

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Name: Ron
Date: August 8, 2003 at 04:36:33 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: AMD
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Hi. I need to write a script to edit a file without using awk or sed. I am given
J5: J4
J2: J3
J1: J2 J3
J: J2 J3 J4

And the output should become

J5.class: J4.class
J2.class: J3.class
J1.class: J2.class J3.class
J.class: J2.class J3.class J4.class

That is .class has to be appended.
Please help




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Response Number 1
Name: ArnoldF
Date: August 8, 2003 at 07:08:29 Pacific
Reply:

homework?



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Response Number 2
Name: Jake
Date: August 8, 2003 at 08:36:34 Pacific
Reply:

Is PERL legal?

#!/usr/bin/perl
while( $line = <> )
{
$temp = $line;
while( $temp =~ m/(J[12345]?)(:?)/ )
{
print "$1.class$2 ";
$temp =~ s/$1//;
}
print "\n";
}


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Response Number 3
Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: August 8, 2003 at 10:20:45 Pacific
Reply:

Or vi/ex/ed with a macro script, e.g:

vi myfile.dat < myscript.vi

Put the vi commands in myscript.vi, including the ':'. Remember to end with ':wq'.

Or use ex in place of vi - slightly leaner & meaner. Same thing but leave out the colons.


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Response Number 4
Name: Dlonra
Date: August 9, 2003 at 08:08:19 Pacific
Reply:

i would bet the instructor wants it done with "pure" shell - no awk,sed,perl,ex or vi.



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