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using sed to append #sed #unix
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Using sed to append something after search pattern.

sed -i '/PATTERN/a\APPENDED' <file>

For example, this will add "sample": "sample x", after "flows": .*, to test_inactive.json

sed -i '/"flows": .*,/a\\ "sample": "sample x",' test.json
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