( Re Message From: Ronald van Loon )
>
> In a message to me, Ted Harding, you wrote:
> |"( Re Message From: Lawrence Chim )
> |">
> |"> Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line
> |"> of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the
> |"> line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah.
> |"
> |"awk ' {
> |" print $0 ;
> |" if ( $0 == "section[xyz]" ) { print "new line of text" ; }
> |"} '
> |"
> |"Ted. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> awk '{ print }
> /section\[xyz\]/ { print "new line of text"; }'
Your version will print "new line of text" every time "section[xyz]" is
matched anywhere in the input line. The form I gave ensures that only an
exact match for the whole line does this.
Best wishes,
Ted. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
