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ffej01
ffej01

Reputation: 3

Sed to print to one line only

When using Sed to change the format of the information with this code

sed -e "1,/\[option\]/i user id is:" -e '/^#/d'  -e 's/~//g' /test/data/USER.FIDS

The information comes out looking like below.....

user id is:
qqq TTK
user id is:
jeff    TTL RODGERS
user id is:
mark    TP4 THOMSON

What I need is for the information to come out looking like this below...

user id is:  qqq    TTK
user id is:  jeff   TTL RODGERS
user id is:  mark   TP4 THOMSON

Upvotes: 0

Views: 298

Answers (3)

Walter A
Walter A

Reputation: 19982

It looks like /test/data/USER.FIDS only contains names, and you can use

sed '/^#/d; s/^/user id is: /;s/~//g' /test/data/USER.FIDS

Upvotes: 0

Sundeep
Sundeep

Reputation: 23667

Since sample input wasn't provided, I'm creating my own and focusing only on the part that needs to be changed. Instead of using i command, use s like shown below:

# 'i' command will insert content before matching lines
$ seq 5 | sed '/[135]/i user id is: '
user id is: 
1
2
user id is: 
3
4
user id is: 
5

# with 's' command, you can add content to the same line
$ seq 5 | sed '/[135]/ s/^/user id is: /'
user id is: 1
2
user id is: 3
4
user id is: 5

Upvotes: 3

RavinderSingh13
RavinderSingh13

Reputation: 133428

In case you are ok with awk, you could try following. Since there is no sample data provided so this has been run and tested with your shown samples output of your shown command.

your_command | 
awk '
{
  printf("%s",$0~/^user id/?(FNR>1?ORS:"")$0 OFS:$0)
}
END{
  print ""
}
' | column -t

Upvotes: 2

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