Is it possible to place a comma in the desired places, like 10spaces after or 15 spaces after, irrespective of the contents???
Ex:File: TEST
TEST:
vimalthomaswants to place a comma
can he do it in the desired places?
as per the above file, i need to place a comma after 10th space irrespetive of the content can i do this??
Expected output:
vimalthoma,swants to place a comma
can he do i,t in the desired places?
Hi,
try:
sed 's/^\(.\{10\}\)\(.*\)/\1,\2/' file
HTH Chris
It works well thanks a lot
can u explain the same?? and how can i bring commas in different places at a time
like "vimal,thomas,wants to know,"
sed 's/^\(.\{10\}\)\(.*\)/\1,\2/' file
s/a/b/ -- substitute a with b
^ -- beginning of a line
.\{10\} -- "." matches anything, \{10\} ten occurences of "."
\(...\) -- saves the match in the registers \1 to \9
Thus to add a comma after the 10th, 20th and 30th charachter.
sed 's/^\(.\{10\}\)\(.\{10\}\)\(.\{10\}\)\(.*\)/\1,\2,\3,\4/' file
HTH Chris
Thank you sir... It is really rocking!!!