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Explore Stack Internal A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/^two$/,+5{/^two$/,+4{b};s/.*/& hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3+5 and +2+4 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/& Modified.../}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7 Modified... 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/^two$/,+5{/^two$/,+4{b};s/.*/& hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3 and +2 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/& Modified.../}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7 Modified... 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/^two$/,+5{/^two$/,+4{b};s/.*/& hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +5 and +4 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/& Modified.../}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7 Modified... 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/two^two$/,+5{/two^two$/,+4{b};s/.*/&hello& hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3 and +2 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/&hello& Modified.../}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7hello7 Modified... 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/two/,+5{/two/,+4{b};s/.*/&hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3 and +2 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/&hello/}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7hello 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/^two$/,+5{/^two$/,+4{b};s/.*/& hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3 and +2 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/& Modified.../}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7 Modified... 8 9 10 A sed (but only GNU sed) solution without loops and using simple ranges is:
sed '/two/,+5{/two/,+4{b};s/.*/&hello/}' The only thing to adjust is the match regexps and the +3 and +2 counters.
For 100 lines after the match:
sed '/two/,+100{/two/,+99{b};s/.*/& Modified/}' Maybe this could clarify how it works:
$ seq 10 | sed '/4/,+3{/4/,+2{s/.*/&changed/;b};s/.*/&hello/}' 1 2 3 4changed 5changed 6changed 7hello 8 9 10