Thread: find a word in a file, and change a word beneath it ??

Hi all,

I have a file with lines written somewhat like this.

Code:

aaaa
ccc
aa
linux
browse = no
xssxw
cdcedc
dcsdcd
csdw
police
dwed
dwd
browse = no


cdecec
dsdc
cdc
wd

wdcew
dwed
market
browse = yes

dwdw
wedwe
we

I would like to search word police (which is in middle of file)
and then change the line from browse = no to browse = yes which is after two lines from the word police.

Pls help... I am not so advanced in scripting.

Thanks in advance,
Vikas

Code:

sed '/police/,/^browse/ s/no/yes/' filename

Try that.

Originally Posted by agn

Code:

sed '/police/,/^browse/ s/no/yes/' filename

Try that.

thanks a lot,
will try this code & revert.

Hi

I have a requirement which i don't have sufficient knowledge

my file has a word policy in 3 line so i need to replace the line with word policy with two new lines as line1policy and line2policy

can any one help me out

Thanks in Advance