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sed help
Name: gera Date: September 5, 2006 at 16:18:35 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P4
Comment:
I need to comment out one line from myfile
My file: foo.txt
test_resume_one pass_resume_two fail_resume_three
I want to put # at the start of pass_resume_two so that my foo.txt look
Name: don2006 Date: September 5, 2006 at 16:34:52 Pacific
Reply:
What's wrong with using vi?
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Response Number 2
Name: gera Date: September 5, 2006 at 17:52:56 Pacific
Reply:
Nothing is wrong with using VI . I have "pass_resume_two" at the start of a line in multiple lines inside foot.txt. That is why I am trying to use sed.
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Response Number 3
Name: nails Date: September 5, 2006 at 20:02:30 Pacific
Reply:
sed 's/^pass_resume_two/#pass_resume_two/g' data.file
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Response Number 4
Name: nails Date: September 5, 2006 at 20:43:14 Pacific
Reply:
Come to think of it, you can still use vi:
vi data.file <<MSG :g/^pass_resume_two/s//#pass_resume_two/g :wq MSG
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Response Number 5
Name: lchi2000g Date: September 13, 2006 at 18:59:01 Pacific
Reply:
Based on nails solutions:
1. sed 's/^pass_resume_two/#&/g' data.file
2. vi data.file <<MSG > /dev/null 2>&1 :g/^pass_resume_two/s//#&/g :wq MSG
Luke Chi
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Response Number 6
Name: lchi2000g Date: September 13, 2006 at 19:03:12 Pacific
Reply:
3. vi data.file <<MSG > /dev/null 2>&1 :1,\$s/^pass_resume_two/#&/g :wq MSG
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