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Trying to make script to insert file into tmp.txt
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toowoombalinux

Joined: 15 Feb 2010
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PostPosted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 23:34    Post subject:  Trying to make script to insert file into tmp.txt  
G'day,
After trawling through the Internet I've come to a standstill with the following script. And I'm not a scripting guru....
I want to insert the file exit1.tx into the middle of tmp.txt.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
file=tmp.txt
lines=`wc -l $file |awk '{print $1}'`
middle=`expr $lines / 2`
sed -i '${middle}r exit1.txt' tmp.txt

I know that the expressions for lines and middle work however it doesn't want to play ball with sed. If I substitute ${middle} with a number then the sed expression works

exit1.txt has this:
Code:
<icon x="704" y="704" label="Exit User Desktop">/usr/share/Audio-lauchers/desktop/User/exit</icon>

so it's chock full of characters which interfere with sed's syntax.

The answer is probably simple but so am I...

Cheers
Martin
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01micko


Joined: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 7037
Location: qld
PostPosted: Mon 01 Oct 2012, 23:44    Post subject:  
Try it with double quotes, singles take things as literal.Might work.

Code:
#!/bin/sh
 file=tmp.txt
 lines=`wc -l $file |awk '{print $1}'`
 middle=$(($lines / 2))  #bash math thrown in
 sed -i "${middle}r exit1.txt" tmp.txt


There might even be a better (if speed is an issue) way with a "while read line; do this to $line; done < that" loop

What exactly are you trying to do?
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seaside

Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 841
PostPosted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 15:59    Post subject:  
toowoombalinux,

Since placing some xml code in the middle of a file might break up an existing xml sequence, you may find it better to put it following a known line. For instance, if an existing tag in "tmp.txt" ends with </icon> , you could place "exit1.txt" in the line following that tag end by -

Code:
 sed -i '/<\/icon>/r exiit1.txt'  tmp.txt


Cheers,
s
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