[brlug-general] SED append help

[Keith M. Richard]

All,

 

            I am in need of a little help with sed. I have Googled it to
death and haven't found anything that can help so here goes. I want to
search a configuration file for a certain element and then append
something to the end of that line. I just want to append to the line no
matter what else is on it. I can do a full replace of the line, but I
would rather just append a new key to the end. The reason I want to
append is some config files may have more keys than others.

 

EXAMPLE:

Searching for this element (preload): preload=fastbox;valid

It may also look like this: preload=fastbox;valid;eye

Appended line after sed: preload=fastbox;valid;xalid

 

 

Keith M Richard

State of Louisiana

Office of Group Benefits

IT Tech Support Specialist 3

krichard at ogb.state.la.us

 

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