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| author | Johannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com> | 2024-01-30 21:32:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Johannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com> | 2024-02-07 23:10:55 +0100 |
| commit | 8fdf124210ae6dfa48ece265a76c14ecde1ca78b (patch) | |
| tree | 9e838c0a365e7bc53676fbfdb608926fe39451b3 | |
| parent | f3e631f7539c71686d1e336756c9c0fcd0b587ad (diff) | |
| download | notes-8fdf124210ae6dfa48ece265a76c14ecde1ca78b.tar.gz notes-8fdf124210ae6dfa48ece265a76c14ecde1ca78b.zip | |
sed: insert pattern + follow symlinks
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/sed.md b/src/tools/sed.md index 1bd8185..5b5f741 100644 --- a/src/tools/sed.md +++ b/src/tools/sed.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ sed [opts] [script] [file] -i edit file in place -i.bk edit file in place and create backup file (with .bk suffix, can be specified differently) + --follow-symlinks + follow symlinks when editing in place -e SCRIPT add SCRIPT to commands to be executed (can be specified multiple times) -f FILE add content of FILE to command to be executed @@ -60,6 +62,12 @@ echo -e 'aa\nbb' | sed '2aABC' echo -e 'aa\nbb' | sed '2cABC' # aa # ABC + +# Insert before pattern match. +echo -e 'aa\nbb' | sed '/bb/i 123' +# aa +# 123 +# bb ``` ### Substitute lines @@ -76,3 +84,19 @@ echo -e 'foo\nbar' | sed -e 's/foo/FOO/' -e 's/FOO/BAR/' # BAR # bar ``` + +### Edit inplace through symlink +```sh +touch file +ln -s file link +ls -l link +# lrwxrwxrwx 1 johannst johannst 4 Feb 7 23:02 link -> file + +sed -i --follow-symlinks '1iabc' link +ls -l link +# lrwxrwxrwx 1 johannst johannst 4 Feb 7 23:02 link -> file + +sed -i '1iabc' link +ls -l link +# -rw-r--r-- 1 johannst johannst 0 Feb 7 23:02 link +``` |