change the last occurence in each line 1

[ogniemi]

eg. replace last occurrence of "50" to "XX" in each line:

[COLOR=dark violet] input:[/color]
one.two.50.three.50.
ble.5040.50.one
111.5011.three
5023.550.ccc50.5000.sdd50...


[COLOR=dark violet] output:[/color]
one.two.50.three.XX.
ble.5040.XX.one
111.XX11.three
5023.550.ccc50.5000.sddXX...


thank you in advance!

 

[p5wizard]

rev </path/to/file|sed 's/05/XX/'|rev

is one way...


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[ogniemi]

nice ;-)

 

[PHV]

Why not simply this ?
sed 's!\(.*\)50!\1XX!' input > output

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[p5wizard]

PHV,

I am not as fluent in sed as you are, so I improvise...



HTH,

p5wizard