Answer» I want to use vi [I know other ways outside of vi which can do what I want] to take column 3, and append it to the same line for SPECIFIC lines, eg., lines 20 thru 100: eg., abc xyz something => abc xyz something something
Here is an example of my file which contains the FOLLOWING lines: ........... cp -p /dir/subdir/bnl/bnl.ear/webtop.war/file1 cp -p /dir/subdir/cdsa/cdsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/filea cp -p /dir/subdir/wt1/contract.ear/webtop.war/custom/filex cp -p /dir/subdir/dsa/dsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/file5 cp -p /dir/subdir/wt3/edmapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/filed cp -p /dir/subdir/hr/hr.ear/webtop.war/custom/filez cp -p /dir/subdir/wt2/offapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/fileggg cp -p /dir/subdir/tfs/tfs.ear/webtop.war/custom/xyz cp -p /dir/subdir/veto/veto.ear/webtop.war/custom/something ........ other lines that have some other garbage ........
I want to use vi to create a file LOOKING as follows: ........ cp -p /dir/subdir/bnl/bnl.ear/webtop.war/file1 /dir/subdir/bnl/bnl.ear/webtop.war/file1 cp -p /dir/subdir/cdsa/cdsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/filea /dir/subdir/cdsa/cdsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/filea cp -p /dir/subdir/wt1/contract.ear/webtop.war/custom/filex /dir/subdir/wt1/contract.ear/webtop.war/custom/filex cp -p /dir/subdir/dsa/dsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/file5 /dir/subdir/dsa/dsa.ear/webtop.war/custom/file5 cp -p /dir/subdir/wt3/edmapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/filed /dir/subdir/wt3/edmapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/filed cp -p /dir/subdir/hr/hr.ear/webtop.war/custom/filez /dir/subdir/hr/hr.ear/webtop.war/custom/filez cp -p /dir/subdir/wt2/offapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/fileggg /dir/subdir/wt2/offapp.ear/webtop.war/custom/fileggg cp -p /dir/subdir/tfs/tfs.ear/webtop.war/custom/xyz /dir/subdir/tfs/tfs.ear/webtop.war/custom/xyz cp -p /dir/subdir/veto/veto.ear/webtop.war/custom/something /dir/subdir/veto/veto.ear/webtop.war/custom/something ........ other lines that have some other garbage ........
I tried using the following: 20,100s/\(.*\) .*/& \3/ it just put the number 3 after the DESIGNATED lines. Any idea what is wrong?
THANKS in advance....
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