Sed is a command-line stream editor for filtering and transforming text.

learn more… | top users | synonyms

0
votes
3answers
99 views

For all files that does not contain a string, prepend a string to the file

I am trying to iterate through a list of html files, check to see if {% load static from staticfiles %} exists in the file and if it does not exists, prepend {% load static from staticfiles %} to it. ...
1
vote
2answers
50 views

Delete lines until a header with sed

I am incorporating SED into a Windows batch file. I've got it working for deleting the first seven lines of a text file: SED "1,7d" However, I'd like to make it a smarter statement. Essentially, ...
1
vote
2answers
137 views

Unix command for pattern matching

I want to count the number of words and print the matched pattern lines which matches exactly with following pattern: abc-ERROR: The input File contains: # abc-ERROR: xyxxkkfgfr # def-Error: ...
0
votes
2answers
381 views

Sed find/delete for a string with multiple special characters recursively

I'm having quite a bit of difficulty with a complex string. A friend's site was hacked and has since been locked down but I'm helping to clean up the mess leftover and what I need to do is the ...
1
vote
1answer
122 views

reading from a file and changing its pattern into an array?

I have a CSV file containging entries like this : ipaddress,VLAN,VLANid 10.192.168.1,vlan-xyz,3 10.192.168.1,vlan-abc,8 10.192.168.1,vlan-mnp,11 10.192.163.24,vlan-llz,3 10.192.163.24,vlan-bbz,5 ...
1
vote
1answer
233 views

Split log file by time range

I have a log file and would like to cut it into copies of 15min. In the log file the lines start with: dd mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss,xxx e.g. 12 Feb 2013 16:05:02,xxx log text... and the file rotates ...
0
votes
1answer
91 views

Search low values in mainframe files

I am working with mainframe files and it seems that the low values (x'00') exists in the records in the file which throws off my import for fixed block. Does anyone know how to eliminate those ...
2
votes
0answers
110 views

sed couldn't flush stdout no space left on device?

What could be the reason for this error : sed couldn't flush stdout no space left on device This is come of the stuff that i am doing at last in my code sed -n '/.*needs to be executed ...
1
vote
0answers
346 views

Dynamic search and replace in Ksh

Machines at work follow a constant naming pattern: host[domain]_[id] where [domain] is either "d" for dev machines and "p" for production machines, and [id] is a 2-digit string that is different for ...