Re: Simple ' question

Re: Simple ' question

[Tim.Goodwin]

> I would like to get this behaviour:
> 
> sed '1 r filename' otherfile
> 
> but with a $lineNumber instead of 1.

How about this?

    sed $lineNumber^' r filename' otherfile

(The caret operator is one of my favourite things about rc, especially
when used with lists.  There can't be many days go by that I don't say
something like

    cat /tmp/^(foo bar qux) | whatever
)

Tim.

Re: Simple ' question

[Alan Watson]

> Two quick ways:
> 	eval 'sed $linenumber r filename'

I don't think so.

> 	sed $linenumber ^ ' r filename'

This works.

Re: Simple ' question

[Alan Watson]

sed $linenumber^' r filename' otherfile

You should find this explained in the sections of the manual and Duff's
paper where variables and `careting' are discussed.  (For non-English
speakers, `to caret' is not a real English verb, rather it is one that
Duff made up and comes from the name for the `^' character.)

Re: Simple ' question

[rsalz]

Two quick ways:
	eval 'sed $linenumber r filename'
	sed $linenumber ^ ' r filename'

Simple ' question

[Bengt KLEBERG]

Greetings,

I would like to get this behaviour:

sed '1 r filename' otherfile

but with a $lineNumber instead of 1.


This doesn't work:

sed ''''$lineNumber r filename'''' otherfile

Suggestions anyone?

Bengt