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Move a line before another in a multi-command sed file

.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;

2

.

I have a text file similar to this:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

and I need to:

1. move line E before line C;


2. replace line C with X (X could be multiline);


3. replace line G with Y (Y could be multiline);


4. remove lines D and F.

This is the sed file I have now:

/C/ c
X
/G/ c
Y
/D/ d
/F/ d

which does 2, 3, 4 but not 1. How can I fix the script to move E before C?

Note: I cannot rely on line numbers or contiguity of lines, which may vary; I can only rely on pattern matching.

sed

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edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

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asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

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2

.

I have a text file similar to this:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

and I need to:

1. move line E before line C;


2. replace line C with X (X could be multiline);


3. replace line G with Y (Y could be multiline);


4. remove lines D and F.

This is the sed file I have now:

/C/ c
X
/G/ c
Y
/D/ d
/F/ d

which does 2, 3, 4 but not 1. How can I fix the script to move E before C?

Note: I cannot rely on line numbers or contiguity of lines, which may vary; I can only rely on pattern matching.

sed

share|improve this question

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

add a comment | 

.

I have a text file similar to this:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

and I need to:

1. move line E before line C;


2. replace line C with X (X could be multiline);


3. replace line G with Y (Y could be multiline);


4. remove lines D and F.

This is the sed file I have now:

/C/ c
X
/G/ c
Y
/D/ d
/F/ d

which does 2, 3, 4 but not 1. How can I fix the script to move E before C?

Note: I cannot rely on line numbers or contiguity of lines, which may vary; I can only rely on pattern matching.

sed

share|improve this question

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

/C/ c
X
/G/ c
Y
/D/ d
/F/ d

share|improve this question

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

share|improve this question

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

edited Oct 21 '18 at 5:25

Rui F Ribeiro

42.1k1484142

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

asked Oct 21 '18 at 5:20

Giovanni LovatoGiovanni Lovato

1113

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For your particular case, this will do:

sed '
/C/,/E/ 
 s/[CD]/&/
 t s
 s/E.*/&
X1
X2/
 t e
 H
 :s
 d
 :e
 p
 x
 D

/F/d
/G/c
Y1
Y2
' file

Someone smarter than me may be able to do it in a simpler way -- notice that this should handle the case where there are other lines than D between C and E. This assumes however that the A, B, ... lines are sorted, ie no G between C and D.

Generally, cases like this are done much more obviously with ed or ex:

$ ed <<'EOT' -s file
/E/m/C/-1
g/D/d
g/F/d
/C/c
X1
X2
.
/G/c
Y1
Y2
.
w
EOT

$ cat file
A
B
E
X1
X2
Y1
Y2

The /PAT1/m/PAT2/-1 command will move the line matching PAT1 before the line matching PAT2.

The /PAT/c command will change the line matching PAT to the following lines terminated by ..

The g/PAT/d command will go to all lines matching PAT and delete them.

I've changed the order of the operations based on @don_crissti's suggestions, in order to make the example a bit more general (handle the case where the X1, Y1 inserted lines may match the /D/ or /F/ patterns).

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answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

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5

For your particular case, this will do:

sed '
/C/,/E/ 
 s/[CD]/&/
 t s
 s/E.*/&
X1
X2/
 t e
 H
 :s
 d
 :e
 p
 x
 D

/F/d
/G/c
Y1
Y2
' file

Someone smarter than me may be able to do it in a simpler way -- notice that this should handle the case where there are other lines than D between C and E. This assumes however that the A, B, ... lines are sorted, ie no G between C and D.

Generally, cases like this are done much more obviously with ed or ex:

$ ed <<'EOT' -s file
/E/m/C/-1
g/D/d
g/F/d
/C/c
X1
X2
.
/G/c
Y1
Y2
.
w
EOT

$ cat file
A
B
E
X1
X2
Y1
Y2

The /PAT1/m/PAT2/-1 command will move the line matching PAT1 before the line matching PAT2.

The /PAT/c command will change the line matching PAT to the following lines terminated by ..

The g/PAT/d command will go to all lines matching PAT and delete them.

I've changed the order of the operations based on @don_crissti's suggestions, in order to make the example a bit more general (handle the case where the X1, Y1 inserted lines may match the /D/ or /F/ patterns).

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237

add a comment | 

5

For your particular case, this will do:

sed '
/C/,/E/ 
 s/[CD]/&/
 t s
 s/E.*/&
X1
X2/
 t e
 H
 :s
 d
 :e
 p
 x
 D

/F/d
/G/c
Y1
Y2
' file

Someone smarter than me may be able to do it in a simpler way -- notice that this should handle the case where there are other lines than D between C and E. This assumes however that the A, B, ... lines are sorted, ie no G between C and D.

Generally, cases like this are done much more obviously with ed or ex:

$ ed <<'EOT' -s file
/E/m/C/-1
g/D/d
g/F/d
/C/c
X1
X2
.
/G/c
Y1
Y2
.
w
EOT

$ cat file
A
B
E
X1
X2
Y1
Y2

The /PAT1/m/PAT2/-1 command will move the line matching PAT1 before the line matching PAT2.

The /PAT/c command will change the line matching PAT to the following lines terminated by ..

The g/PAT/d command will go to all lines matching PAT and delete them.

I've changed the order of the operations based on @don_crissti's suggestions, in order to make the example a bit more general (handle the case where the X1, Y1 inserted lines may match the /D/ or /F/ patterns).

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237

add a comment | 

For your particular case, this will do:

sed '
/C/,/E/ 
 s/[CD]/&/
 t s
 s/E.*/&
X1
X2/
 t e
 H
 :s
 d
 :e
 p
 x
 D

/F/d
/G/c
Y1
Y2
' file

Someone smarter than me may be able to do it in a simpler way -- notice that this should handle the case where there are other lines than D between C and E. This assumes however that the A, B, ... lines are sorted, ie no G between C and D.

Generally, cases like this are done much more obviously with ed or ex:

$ ed <<'EOT' -s file
/E/m/C/-1
g/D/d
g/F/d
/C/c
X1
X2
.
/G/c
Y1
Y2
.
w
EOT

$ cat file
A
B
E
X1
X2
Y1
Y2

The /PAT1/m/PAT2/-1 command will move the line matching PAT1 before the line matching PAT2.

The /PAT/c command will change the line matching PAT to the following lines terminated by ..

The g/PAT/d command will go to all lines matching PAT and delete them.

I've changed the order of the operations based on @don_crissti's suggestions, in order to make the example a bit more general (handle the case where the X1, Y1 inserted lines may match the /D/ or /F/ patterns).

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237

sed '
/C/,/E/ 
 s/[CD]/&/
 t s
 s/E.*/&
X1
X2/
 t e
 H
 :s
 d
 :e
 p
 x
 D

/F/d
/G/c
Y1
Y2
' file

$ ed <<'EOT' -s file
/E/m/C/-1
g/D/d
g/F/d
/C/c
X1
X2
.
/G/c
Y1
Y2
.
w
EOT

$ cat file
A
B
E
X1
X2
Y1
Y2

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237

answered Oct 21 '18 at 7:19

mosvymosvy

10.2k11237