Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Need sed to do something which sounds simple Message-ID: <81CA7451D4C324A373C6451B@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4A1E8824.1020604@gmail.com> References: <4A1E8824.1020604@gmail.com>
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--On Thursday, May 28, 2009 07:48:36 -0500 Manish Jain
<invalid.pointer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I need sed to do something which sounds simple, but I can't figure out
> the right command. All I need to do is insert a blank after a '}' at the
> end of a line if the next line begins immediately afterwards (i.e. with
> no blank line between).
>
> //abc.cpp :
> int myclass::fx(int * arg)
> {
> if(! (isValid()))
> {
> return -1;
> }
> return ptr->fx(arg);
> }
>
> //what-i-want.cpp :
> int myclass::fx(int * arg)
> {
> if(! (isValid()))
> {
> return -1;
> }
>
> return ptr->fx(arg);
> }
>
> The commands I have tried are :
>
> i)
> sed -e 's/\(}$\)\n\(^[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]\+\)/\1\n\n\2/' \
> <abc.cpp >what-i-want.cpp
>
> ii)
> sed -e 's/\(}$\)\(^[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]\+\)/\1\n\2/' \
> <abc.cpp >what-i-want.cpp
>
> but obviously neither works, which is why posting this message.
>
> Can anybody please tell me what the correct command would be like ?
>
Seems like this would work to add a space only to lines where the next line
only has a new line :
sed ' /\}$/ { N /}$\n\n/ { s/\}$\n/\} $\n/} } ' file
If the possibility exists that the new line might have spaces as well, you
could do this:
sed ' /\}$/ { N /}$\n\n/ { s/\}$\n[ ]?/\} $\n/} } '
Note: I haven't tested this, so it may require some modification. Read this
page on dealing with multiple lines in sed to gain further understanding -
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html
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Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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