[Gllug] Help with sed

[Stig Brautaset]

> dn: cn=Bob Smith,ou=contacts,dc=mydomain,dc=org
> changetype: add
> company: MyCompany
... 
> dn: cn=Bob Smith,ou=contacts,dc=mydomain,dc=org
> changetype: modify
> replace: company
> company: A Different Company
...

> So the trick is identify all the "changetype: add" lines and replace them
> with the last 3 lines in the second example (does that make sense????)
> 
> I'm sure you guys will crack this in a second but sed makes my head hurt!

This is probably a bad case of giving you what you asked for instead of
what you actually meant, but here it goes:

	sed -e \
	's,^changetype: add$,changetype: modify\nreplace: company\ncompany: A different Company,' \
	oldfile > newfile


To get rid of the old company lines, use:

	sed -e '/company: MyCompany/d' oldfile > newfile



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