add a line with sed

[Rene de Groot]

How can i add a new line (with
commands) in the middle of a file after
a specific word using sed.
example : this is a file
whitch will
be added

I would like to add a line after 'will'
whitch include the line 'sometimes'
so it would become:
this is a file
whitch will
sometimes
be added

[Kenneth_19]

First, prepare the command file with the following content (2 lines), name the file append.cmd (or whatever you like):

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~start~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/will/ asometimes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Then, run the command:

sed -f append.cmd target.file > output.file

The output.file will contains what you want.

Regards,
Kenneth

[Kenneth_19]

The command file is not displayed correctly, please get it from the attachment.

Regards,
Kenneth

[Rene de Groot]

thanks Kenneth your solution works
but is it also possible to add more words at once and save it in the same file

regards Rene

[James Beamish-White]

Hiya,

See if the following thread helps:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x611f4b3ef09fd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Basically, you can just use >>'s to append to the file until it's constructed appropriately.

Cheers!
James

If it's hard, you're doing it wrong

[Aashish Raj]

sed -e 's/will/willsometimes/
s/old word/new word to be replaced/' file >newfile
mv newfile file

"\" is followed by newline

HTH
AR