Insert multiple lines in specificic position with sed or awk

micronemo · 09-12-2012, 06:04 PM

i have a file "pippo.txt" with 10 line of text . i must add a blank line in 4 and 7 position.
someone can help me ?
thanks very much

pixellany · 09-12-2012, 06:44 PM

Just open the file with a text editor---why would you need SED or AWK?

If you need to do it with SED, here's the command:
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html#uh-41

(That site is the #1 tutorial on many things---covers AWK also)

micronemo · 09-12-2012, 07:01 PM

this command go in bash script

grail · 09-13-2012, 06:23 AM

And what have you done towards solving the problem? (apart from asking the question)

pixellany · 09-13-2012, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by micronemo

this command go in bash script

Did you look at the link I provided?