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Append some string in place after a multiline match
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| import re, sys | |
| filename = sys.argv[1] | |
| match = sys.argv[2] | |
| append = sys.argv[3] | |
| f = open(filename, 'r+') | |
| content = f.read() | |
| new = re.sub('(%s)' % match, r'\1\n%s' % append, content, 0, re.MULTILINE) | |
| f.write(new) | |
| f.close() |
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| $ ./append.py /path/to/file '^find these\ntwo lines$' 'and append\ntwo more' |
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