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From: vjp2.at on 25 Sep 2009 13:59
I have a file that has a series of lists

(qqq)
aaa 111
bbb 222

and I want to make it look like

aaa 111 (qqq)
bbb 222 (qqq)


where some lists have only aaa
and some have both or more but all end in a number

the list should be considered ended if another (qqq) shows up


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From: Marcel Bruinsma on 25 Sep 2009 15:24
Am Freitag, 25. September 2009 19:59,
vjp2.at(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com a écrit :

> I have a file that has a series of lists
>
> (qqq)
> aaa 111
> bbb 222
>
> and I want to make it look like
>
> aaa 111 (qqq)
> bbb 222 (qqq)
>
>
> where some lists have only aaa
> and some have both or more but all end in a number
>
> the list should be considered ended if another (qqq) shows up

If awk instead of sed is acceptable:

awk '/^[(]/{l=$1;next}{$++NF=l}1'

or, if the file contains other lines as well:

awk '$1~/^[(][^)]+[)]$/{l=$1;next}
l&&$NF~/[0-9]+/{$++NF=l}1'

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156 163 155 141 100 171 141 150 157 157 056 143 157 155|tr \ \\\\)
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From: Maxwell Lol on 25 Sep 2009 15:26
vjp2.at(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com writes:

> I have a file that has a series of lists
>
> (qqq)
> aaa 111
> bbb 222
>
> and I want to make it look like
>
> aaa 111 (qqq)
> bbb 222 (qqq)
>
>
> where some lists have only aaa
> and some have both or more but all end in a number
>
> the list should be considered ended if another (qqq) shows up
>

Why is sed a requirement?
From: Marcel Bruinsma on 25 Sep 2009 15:31
Am Freitag, 25. September 2009 21:24, Marcel Bruinsma a écrit :

> or, if the file contains other lines as well:
>
> awk '$1~/^[(][^)]+[)]$/{l=$1;next}
> l&&$NF~/[0-9]+/{$++NF=l}1'

awk 'NF==1&&$1~/^[(][^)]+[)]$/{l=$1;next}
l&&$NF~/^[0-9]+$/{$++NF=l}1'

--
printf -v email $(echo \ 155 141 162 143 145 154 142 162 165 151 \
156 163 155 141 100 171 141 150 157 157 056 143 157 155|tr \ \\\\)
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From: Ed Morton on 25 Sep 2009 16:31
On Sep 25, 12:59 pm, vjp2...(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
> I have a file that has a series of lists
>
> (qqq)
> aaa 111
> bbb 222
>
> and I want to make it look like
>
> aaa 111 (qqq)
> bbb 222 (qqq)
>
> where some lists have only aaa
> and some have both or more but all end in a number
>
> the list should be considered ended if another (qqq) shows up
>

sed is a great tool for simple substitutions on a single line, for
anything else use awk, perl, etc.

awk '/^\(/{ h=$0;next } { print $0,h }' file

Ed.
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