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The awk solution is much longer, but is easier to make it generic:

awk -F\; '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++)printf"%s;%s",$i,(i>=2)?"NEW;":"";print$NF}' replacefile

Is possible to do it with sed too, making a loop with the t command and always replacing the 2nd (or whichever you want) separator into some temporary mark (usually \n):

sed ':b;s/;/\n/2;tb;s/\n/;NEW;/g' replacefile

The awk solution is much longer, but is easier to make it generic:

awk -F\; '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++)printf"%s;%s",$i,(i>=2)?"NEW;":"";print$NF}' replacefile

The awk solution is much longer, but is easier to make it generic:

awk -F\; '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++)printf"%s;%s",$i,(i>=2)?"NEW;":"";print$NF}' replacefile

Is possible to do it with sed too, making a loop with the t command and always replacing the 2nd (or whichever you want) separator into some temporary mark (usually \n):

sed ':b;s/;/\n/2;tb;s/\n/;NEW;/g' replacefile

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answered Mar 18, 2013 at 11:01

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The awk solution is much longer, but is easier to make it generic:

awk -F\; '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++)printf"%s;%s",$i,(i>=2)?"NEW;":"";print$NF}' replacefile