sed: Function cannot be parsed.

leena_d · 03-18-2010, 12:40 AM

Also, is there any way to increase the acceptable range of multiplier {}?

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-18-2010, 12:40 AM

Code:

root@reactor: sed --version
GNU sed version 4.2.1
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
to the extent permitted by law.

GNU sed home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
E-mail bug reports to: <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
root@reactor:

Note the bold command above. Yours should respond similarly to the --version argument, or perhaps the -v argument.

Sasha

leena_d · 03-18-2010, 12:47 AM

i typed the following command.

> sed --version
sed: illegal option -- -
Usage: sed [-n] [-e script] [-f source_file] [file...]

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-18-2010, 12:54 AM

How about:

sed -v
sed -version
sed -V

Any of those work? The man page should show the --version option syntax.

leena_d · 03-18-2010, 12:56 AM

none

crts · 03-18-2010, 12:59 AM

How about
sed -h
sed --help

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-18-2010, 01:00 AM

Good grief!! Well, we know it is not GNU sed.

Someone may have mentioned this already, but: consider upgrading it if possible, or installing a newer/better version along side.

Sasha

leena_d · 03-18-2010, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crts

How about
sed -h
sed --help

none of these worked

leena_d · 03-18-2010, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrapefruiTgirl

Good grief!! Well, we know it is not GNU sed.

Someone may have mentioned this already, but: consider upgrading it if possible, or installing a newer/better version along side.

Sasha

its on client server.

I can't upgrade it.

crts · 03-18-2010, 02:30 AM

Alright, then let's try it the hard way. Yes! Workaround. Try replacing your sed command with the following commands:

Code:

sed -n '${RowNum} s/\(.*\)/\1/p' $FILE_NAME  > temporary1
cut -b 1-$ColNumFrom temporary1 > temporary2
echo "$Data" > temporary3
cut -b $(($ColNumFrom+$Diff+1))- temporary1 > temporary4
cat temporary2 temporary3 temporary4 | tr -d '\n' > temporary5
echo >> temporary5
sed '2 {
       r temporary5
       d
}' $FILE_NAME >> /path/to/your/new/file

Since I do not know the exact format and length of your files some boundary issues might arise. I will leave it up to you to figure that out. I tried the code with a dummy file which had lines longer than 255 chars and it worked. Maybe there is also a way to shorten the above code. However my focus was on functionality.

leena_d · 03-22-2010, 03:55 AM

I Tried.

Same error...

crts · 03-22-2010, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leena_d

I Tried.

Same error...

Which of the two sed instructions gave the error?
[EDIT]
Did you try replacing the first sed

Code:

sed -n '${RowNum} s/\(.*\)/\1/p' $FILE_NAME  > temporary1

with

Code:

sed -n '${RowNum} s/.*/&/p' $FILE_NAME  > temporary1

?

crts · 03-22-2010, 07:25 AM

Is using something else then sed an option? I was thinking of something like

Code:

count=1
while read line
do
if [ $count == $RowNum ]
then
    < do stuff to line and append it to /path/to/your/new/file >
else
    echo "$line" >> /path/to/your/new/file
fi
count=$((count+1)) # increment count
done

Since you are working on an old system I am not sure if string-manipulation will work. If not you can echo $line into a temp-file first and use the cut and cat instructions from my previous post and then append the resulting file to your new file. I am also not sure if incrementing your count var will work exactly the same way on your system.

catkin · 03-22-2010, 08:18 AM

What is the output from sed --version?

crts · 03-22-2010, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

What is the output from sed --version?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3902734