How to insert multiple lines with sed
I want to add this
#this
##is my
text
before the line
the specific line
I tried this
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text
' text.txt
but it only adds in 'text'.
I also tried various combinations with and " " but nothing worked.
bash sed
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
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I want to add this
#this
##is my
text
before the line
the specific line
I tried this
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text
' text.txt
but it only adds in 'text'.
I also tried various combinations with and " " but nothing worked.
bash sed
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
25.3k870119
asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
Paul Bernhard Wagner
2102511
add a comment |
I want to add this
#this
##is my
text
before the line
the specific line
I tried this
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text
' text.txt
but it only adds in 'text'.
I also tried various combinations with and " " but nothing worked.
bash sed
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
25.3k870119
asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
Paul Bernhard Wagner
2102511
I want to add this
#this
##is my
text
before the line
the specific line
I tried this
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text
' text.txt
but it only adds in 'text'.
I also tried various combinations with and " " but nothing worked.
bash sed
bash sed
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
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asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
Paul Bernhard Wagner
2102511
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
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asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
Paul Bernhard Wagner
2102511
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
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edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
kos
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edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:54
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asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
Paul Bernhard Wagner
2102511
asked Nov 26 '15 at 7:33
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With newlines:
% sed -i '/the specific line/i #thisn##is myntext' foo
% cat foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
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You're missing the trailing backslash at the end of some lines (and you have an eccessive newline at the end of the last line you want to insert):
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
the specific line
bar
% sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
bar
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
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answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:29
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When the replacement string has newlines and spaces, you can use something else. We will try to insert the output of ls -l in the middle of some template file.
awk 'NR==FNR {a[NR]=$0;next}
/Insert index here/ {for (i=1; i <= length(a); i++) { print a[i] }}
{print}'
<(ls -l) text.txt
When you want something inserted after a line, you can move the command {print} or switch to :
sed '/Insert command output after this line/r'<(ls -l) text.txt
You can also use sed for inserting before a line with
sed 's/Insert command output after this line/ls -l; echo "&"/e' text.txt
answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:42
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With newlines:
% sed -i '/the specific line/i #thisn##is myntext' foo
% cat foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
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With newlines:
% sed -i '/the specific line/i #thisn##is myntext' foo
% cat foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
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With newlines:
% sed -i '/the specific line/i #thisn##is myntext' foo
% cat foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
68k12165255
With newlines:
% sed -i '/the specific line/i #thisn##is myntext' foo
% cat foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
68k12165255
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
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answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:14
A.B.
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You're missing the trailing backslash at the end of some lines (and you have an eccessive newline at the end of the last line you want to insert):
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
the specific line
bar
% sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
bar
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
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answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:29
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You're missing the trailing backslash at the end of some lines (and you have an eccessive newline at the end of the last line you want to insert):
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
the specific line
bar
% sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
bar
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
68k12165255
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:29
kos
25.3k870119
add a comment |
You're missing the trailing backslash at the end of some lines (and you have an eccessive newline at the end of the last line you want to insert):
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
the specific line
bar
% sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
bar
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
68k12165255
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:29
kos
25.3k870119
You're missing the trailing backslash at the end of some lines (and you have an eccessive newline at the end of the last line you want to insert):
sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
the specific line
bar
% sed -i '/the specific line/i
#this
##is my
text' file
% cat file
foo
#this
##is my
text
the specific line
bar
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
68k12165255
answered Nov 26 '15 at 8:29
kos
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edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
68k12165255
edited Nov 26 '15 at 8:51
A.B.
68k12165255
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A.B.
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68k12165255
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When the replacement string has newlines and spaces, you can use something else. We will try to insert the output of ls -l in the middle of some template file.
awk 'NR==FNR {a[NR]=$0;next}
/Insert index here/ {for (i=1; i <= length(a); i++) { print a[i] }}
{print}'
<(ls -l) text.txt
When you want something inserted after a line, you can move the command {print} or switch to :
sed '/Insert command output after this line/r'<(ls -l) text.txt
You can also use sed for inserting before a line with
sed 's/Insert command output after this line/ls -l; echo "&"/e' text.txt
answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:42
Walter A
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When the replacement string has newlines and spaces, you can use something else. We will try to insert the output of ls -l in the middle of some template file.
awk 'NR==FNR {a[NR]=$0;next}
/Insert index here/ {for (i=1; i <= length(a); i++) { print a[i] }}
{print}'
<(ls -l) text.txt
When you want something inserted after a line, you can move the command {print} or switch to :
sed '/Insert command output after this line/r'<(ls -l) text.txt
You can also use sed for inserting before a line with
sed 's/Insert command output after this line/ls -l; echo "&"/e' text.txt
answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:42
Walter A
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When the replacement string has newlines and spaces, you can use something else. We will try to insert the output of ls -l in the middle of some template file.
awk 'NR==FNR {a[NR]=$0;next}
/Insert index here/ {for (i=1; i <= length(a); i++) { print a[i] }}
{print}'
<(ls -l) text.txt
When you want something inserted after a line, you can move the command {print} or switch to :
sed '/Insert command output after this line/r'<(ls -l) text.txt
You can also use sed for inserting before a line with
sed 's/Insert command output after this line/ls -l; echo "&"/e' text.txt
answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:42
Walter A
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When the replacement string has newlines and spaces, you can use something else. We will try to insert the output of ls -l in the middle of some template file.
awk 'NR==FNR {a[NR]=$0;next}
/Insert index here/ {for (i=1; i <= length(a); i++) { print a[i] }}
{print}'
<(ls -l) text.txt
When you want something inserted after a line, you can move the command {print} or switch to :
sed '/Insert command output after this line/r'<(ls -l) text.txt
You can also use sed for inserting before a line with
sed 's/Insert command output after this line/ls -l; echo "&"/e' text.txt
answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:42
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