Thanks I'll check it out Wolf -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Simpson [mailto:cs@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 21 March 2003 1:39 PM To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Editor Documentation On 17:57 21 Mar 2003, Wolfgang Gill <wolfgang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Can anyone tell me or point me in the right direction as to where to | get hold of some editor documentation. Either in HTML or PDF format. | | What I basically would like to do, is to write some *.sh scripts. And | use the editor commands to edit some text files (Command line based). | I want to be able to search for text, and either add text to the file | (in the correct area), or remove the text and/or replace the text in | the file using a script. | | This will mainly be used for updating drivers and update pack files | which will also require the editing of text or *.ini files etc. | | I've read some scripts which use 'ed' but I'm unable to get hold of a | detailed, printable document on it's commands and features. (And not | to mention some good examples of how they can be used in a command | line basis). To use ed in command line mode you go: ed - filename <file-with-ed-commands or ed - filename <<'X' ed commands ... X to use a shell here-document. | I've found some commands which will partly do what I need it to. But | it doesn't work 100% the way I'd like. And getting more detailed | information on it will help greatly. For this kind of thing I usually use bsed: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/scripts/bsed which is a wrapper for sed that edits in place. Example: bsed 's/this/that/' filename You invoke it just just sed except that it edits files instead of acting as a filter. The manual for sed ("man sed") describes all the commands in detail, and sed's command set is very much like ed, so you will already be somewhat familiar with it. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ Try moving off NT easily. You can move from Solaris to HP/UX to AIX or DEC easily-- relative to moving off of NT, which is like a Roach Motel. Once you check in, you never check out. - Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal www.marshalsoftware.com ###################################################################### -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
