berry@hq.af.mil (J.D.Berry) (06/09/90)
Basically, I need TED (on Honeywell) functionality on an IBM
mainframe...
Could someone tell me which LINE editor exists in the UNIX environment
which will allow the following:
- Access column by number and change data within those specified columns.
example: sed 's/(13)8/45/g' - wherever there is an '8' in column 13
replace it with a '45'
- The inserting of blank spaces before/after any column, without
losing the data in that column.
- The capability of modifying files of up to 1,044,480 bytes.
- Buffer capabilities.
(Create, display, delete, move, substitute, save, execute
commands, etc...)
- Special characters.
- Creation of editor macros.
Does such an animal exist or is there anything close? ed just doesn't
do it, and I need a line editor.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
berry@hq.af.mil
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