Insert numbers and symbols after certain string

Asked Aug 20 '18 at 15:39

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My file is the following cat inputfile

mat 523 

mat 22

I want to insert the following after the mat's line

3006.03c 1.86607E-07    % Li-6
3007.03c 2.30149E-06    % Li-7
5010.03c 3.17890E-07    % B-10
5011.03c 1.27955E-06    % B-11
6000.03c 2.02446E-04    % C-nat

I did the following:

sed -e '/mat/a
3006.03c 1.86607E-07    % Li-6
3007.03c 2.30149E-06    % Li-7
5010.03c 3.17890E-07    % B-10
5011.03c 1.27955E-06    % B-11
6000.03c 2.02446E-04    % C-nat
' inputfile > outputfile

But there is something error in the symbols etc. Any help will be appreciated.

asked Aug 20 '18 at 15:39

Mohd

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What's expected output? – anubhava Aug 20 '18 at 15:42
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@Mohd, good that you have showed your efforts, always try to show sample input, sample output and your efforts in all your posts. – RavinderSingh13 Aug 20 '18 at 15:46
btw your `sed` command needs a ``\`` before each of the newline to make it work. However `r` command would be better if you store your multiline input string in a file. – anubhava Aug 20 '18 at 15:51
Thank you very much. That solved my issue :) – Mohd Aug 21 '18 at 19:19

Insert numbers and symbols after certain string

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