sed, awk, or something...help meeeeeeeeeee
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
m3freak at thesandhufamily.ca
Mon Sep 28 17:38:43 UTC 2009
Hi All,
I don't know if I should use sed for what I'm about to ask, but it seems
like a good idea. If awk is better, or something else entirely, that's
fine too.
I have two files. File "1" looks like this:
AA
BB
CC
DD
AA
BB
CC
DD
File "2" looks like this:
BBBB1
BBBB2
BBBB3
So, "BB" in file "1" always occurs in the same spot (i.e. between lines
AA and CC). Knowing that, how do I replace the first occurrence of "BB"
in file "1" with "BBBB1" from file 2, the second occurrence of "BB" in
file "1" with "BBBB2" from file 2, and so on?
I think a bash 'for' or 'while' loop may be useful here, too. But, it's
the sed/awk/whatever bits I don't know how to do. I've read some of the
man/info page, looked up sed help on the net, etc. I'm still not sure
how to do the above with sed.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Ranbir
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