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[Proposal] New Utility: Insert Text At (ita)
From: |
Josh Marshall |
Subject: |
[Proposal] New Utility: Insert Text At (ita) |
Date: |
Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:12:34 -0400 |
There have been a few times over the course of my career where I just want
to insert some text. We have all needed this. Now, do it at line 5 column
5.
I mean sure, you can split that out with `head`, then some `grep`, the
text, `grep`, then `tail`. Or if you're lucky you find yourself in a
situation where `sed` does what you want. Maybe even `awk`. But they're
all painful for what could be just `line:column`.
Now, maybe there is some deep magic in `sed` that allows this. Even then,
the opacity of such functionality may justify such a tool to allow simpler
text insertion.
To this ends, I would like feedback on developing and contributing a small
utility for inserting text at a given location.
- [Proposal] New Utility: Insert Text At (ita),
Josh Marshall <=