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Eric the Red · Nov 18th, 2006, 11:00 AM

Thanks for you help. One more quick question

If I were to use that sed command to only edit let's say the second or third (Edit**) delimiter ':'. How would I do that?

The online manual doesn't say too much about that:

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Sed Addresses

     An address is not required, but if specified must be a number (that
     counts input lines cumulatively across input files)

So I tried doing:

sed 2's/:/,/' file1 file2 > tempit.ca

That means the second line. However, I need the second field.

Nov 18th, 2006, 11:00 AM	#3
Eric the Red Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 214 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for you help. One more quick question If I were to use that sed command to only edit let's say the second or third (Edit*) delimiter ':'. How would I do that? The online manual doesn't say too much about that: (Toggle Plain Text) Sed Addresses An address is not required, but if specified must be a number (that counts input lines cumulatively across input files) Sed Addresses An address is not required, but if specified must be a number (that counts input lines cumulatively across input files) So I tried doing: sed 2's/:/,/' file1 file2 > tempit.ca That means the second line. However, I need the second field. __________________ Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back. Last edited by Eric the Red; Nov 18th, 2006 at 11:39 AM.*