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Working with group of lines - knob - May-21-2024
I have a file with hundred of lines. They are grouped similar to the example below.
What would be the best approach to move or copy the line that starts with the string "aaaaaa" to the beginning of every line of its group ?
The group ends at the line before the next "aaaaaa".
Input file:
aaaaaa 1 bbbbbb ... zzzzzz aaaaaa 2 bbbbb ... zzzzzz
Desired output:
aaaaaa 1 aaaaaa 1 aaaaaa 1 bbbbbb aaaaaa 1 ... aaaaaa 1 zzzzzz aaaaaa 2 aaaaaa 2 aaaaaa 2 bbbbbb aaaaaa 2 ... aaaaaa 2 zzzzzz
RE: Working with group of lines - Gribouillis - May-21-2024
Once again, you don't post Python code which is what we'd like to see! As a consequence I won't post Python code either, but here is a reasonable informal algorithm
Output:prefix = empty
for each line:
if the prefix is empty or the line is empty:
prefix = line
print prefix and line