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removing braces statements containing nested braces inside
A typical latex problem: \SomeStyle{\otherstyle{this is the \textit{nested part} some more text...}} Now I want to remove all \SomeStyle{...} but not the content. Content contains nested braces. The ...
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sed to replace in a file, with both old and new strings in files
I want to automatically comment out a code block in PHP file, as below: The original block: // Enable all errors ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); ini_set('display_errors', 1); ...
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replace both filename and filename's content relying solely on pattern found on the name-of-the-file
I'd like to know if it's possible to replace both filename.ext and a matched pattern inside its content regarding a pattern founded on the filename itself using sed (and grep also, maybe?). Let me ...
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How can find special row and replace special strings
I wrote a todo list script with "add","clear" and "find" argument. I need to pass a "done" argument and script find related row and replace its first column ...
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4answers
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sed: Replacing successful as the condition
I bumped into an excellent use of sed to do replacing, and use its successful state as the condition to print the line: $ seq 3 | sed -n 's/2/B/ p' B I'm wondering if this short form can be extended ...
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Adding 10 whitespace characters using sed
I have written a script that replaces a string, but I need to add the 10 whitespace characters back. I can add it back by pressing space 10 times, and that works, but this looks hideous in my script. ...
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4answers
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Insert one file's content into another file and replace it between pattern
I have a file1.html: <!doctype html> <html> <head> </head> <body> text <!-- start-replacing --> <p>more text1</p> <p>more text2</p> ...
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1answer
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Find and replace a special pattern for all files in a folder
I have a series of files in a common bioinformatic format (FASTA) that consist of a string of: 1 special character ">", text as the sample name (length of the string varies, can include ...
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3answers
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Replace empty string with text using sed or similar tool
Is it possible to replace an empty string with some text using sed or similar tool? sed 's/^$/sometext/' will match an empty line but that is not what I am looking for. I thought that sed 's//...
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1answer
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Find and replace everything inside bracket using unix shell - several lines
I need to find and replace a big part of a json file using shell. For exemple I have this file : { "Balise1": true, "Balise2": true, "OtherThingEnabled": false, ...
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2answers
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sed -Extended RegEx question here
I feel dumb as a sack of hammers asking this here, but it's been a long day and I simply CANNOT figure out what I'm doing wrong here. I have a file; we'll call it textfile.txt. It's contents are (in ...
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1answer
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Show application list with description, ommitting "nothing appropriate"
I've been working on a script with a variety of functions. I'm trying to add a function that show's the output of the whatis command for all applications in the "/usr/share/applications" ...
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Sed replace the middle string
I have this this String 22<>22 And i have this list test dev too The output should be like 22test22 22dev22 etc.. This is the commands i use for do that cat list | sed 's/$/22/g' | sed 's/^/...
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Delete multiline blocks with sed non-greedy
How can one remove code blocks starting with /** START */ and ending with /** END */ using sed non-greedily considering that code blocks are multiline and empty lines may occur within START-END blocks?...
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1answer
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uncomment the line upon search string while ignoring case in a file
Below is my cron file entries: #Ansible: test2 */15 * * * * ansible-playbook /web/playbooks/automation/detect401MORTEN/va_action.yml | tee -a /web/playbooks/automation/detect401MORTEN/cron.out # #...
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