Issue
I have a file.txt file as in the following example:
Part 1
Some texts #abc d#ae}gd1 l2#4.
Part 2
Some texts again #efd de#gm}dg 12#a.
I want "#" is replaced by "hi" in the whole file, however in part 2 I also want to put the part from # up to the first character that's not in 0-9A-Za-z inside "check{ }".
So this is the output:
Part 1
Some texts hiabc dhiae}gd1 l2hi4.
Part 2
Some texts again check{hiefd} decheck{higm}}dg 12check{hia}.
I only knew how to replace # by "hi" in the whole:
awk '{gsub(/#/,"hi")} 1' file.txt > output.txt ;
It's really difficult for me to find a way to handle the requirement in part 2.
Thank for any help.
I wanted to find a solution for this.
Solution
This sed
command should do the trick:
sed '/Part 1/,/Part 2/s/#/hi/g
/Part 2/,$s/#\([0-9A-Za-z]*\)/check{hi\1}/g
' file
Answered By - M. Nejat Aydin Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)