shell scripting question

bhert · 01-29-2007, 05:45 AM

Hello guys! I don't know if it's the right place for this kind of question.

In my file, I have names that begins with The.
What I want to do is move the word The to the end of the name with a comma.
for example,

The black hole
The mighty Ducks
change to

black hole,The
mighty ducks,The

What is the easiest way to get that done? Thanks

-bhert

raskin · 01-29-2007, 06:07 AM

sed -e 's/^The \(.*\)/\1, The/' -i file

bhert · 01-29-2007, 08:55 PM

Thanks raskin, works like a charm!

I didn't know about the -i option for sed, great thing to use!

-bhert