find strings and add text

[Rachid Mokrani [e-mail] [sed-users]]

Hi,


I can not find a simple sed command that will allow me to do this.

echo "221b Baker St, Marylebone, 32861 London"


Need to add caracter ";" before and after the number with 5 digit only

Need result.

221b Baker St, Marylebone, ; 32861 ; London

Some suggestion.
Best regards.


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[Christopher Stone [e-mail] [sed-users]]

Post by Rachid Mokrani ***@gmail.com [sed-users]
I can not find a simple sed command that will allow me to do this.
echo "221b Baker St, Marylebone, 32861 London"
221b Baker St, Marylebone, ; 32861 ; London

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Hey Rachid,

If your version of sed supports word-boundaries then this is simple:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

strVar='221b Baker St, Marylebone, 32861 London'

gsed -r 's!\b([0-9]{5})\b! ; \1 ; !' <<< "$strVar"

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If it doesn't then please tell us what OS and what version of sed you're using.

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Best Regards,
Chris

[Thierry Blanc [e-mail] [sed-users]]

if only the postcode has 5 digits, it seems fairly easy:
sed -r 's|[0-9]{5} |; &; |'

Post by Christopher Stone ***@thestoneforge.com [sed-users]

Post by Rachid Mokrani ***@gmail.com [sed-users]
I can not find a simple sed command that will allow me to do this.
echo "221b Baker St, Marylebone, 32861 London"
221b Baker St, Marylebone, ; 32861 ; London

______________________________________________________________________
Hey Rachid,
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
strVar='221b Baker St, Marylebone, 32861 London'
gsed -r 's!\b([0-9]{5})\b! ; \1 ; !' <<< "$strVar"
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If it doesn't then please tell us what OS and what version of sed you're using.
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Best Regards,
Chris
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