On 09/28/2009 11:18 PM, Joerg Bergmann wrote:
Am 28.09.2009 19:38, schrieb Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu:
Hi All,
I don't know if I should use sed for what I'm about to ask, but it seems
like a good idea. If awk is better, or something else entirely, that's
fine too.
I have two files. File "1" looks like this:
AA
BB
CC
DD
AA
BB
CC
DD
File "2" looks like this:
BBBB1
BBBB2
BBBB3
So, "BB" in file "1" always occurs in the same spot (i.e. between lines
AA and CC). Knowing that, how do I replace the first occurrence of "BB"
in file "1" with "BBBB1" from file 2, the second occurrence of "BB" in
file "1" with "BBBB2" from file 2, and so on?
I think a bash 'for' or 'while' loop may be useful here, too. But, it's
the sed/awk/whatever bits I don't know how to do. I've read some of the
man/info page, looked up sed help on the net, etc. I'm still not sure
how to do the above with sed.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Ranbir
Probably it's not what you want, but I would prefer writing a
50 lines standard C program for that task...
Seriously ?? ...no, really, seriously ?
I'd recommend using python.
something like:
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file1_lines = open(file1).readlines()
file2_lines = open(file2).readlines()
modified_file_lines = []
for line in file1_lines:
if line == 'BB\n':
modified_file_lines.append(file2_lines.pop(0))
else:
modified_file_lines.append(line)
open("modified.out", 'w').write(modified_file_lines)
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Of course, i've gone for clarity rather than efficiency here. If you understand
that, I'll gladly show you how to write it more efficiently.
cheers,
- steve
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