Question

I want to insert a big chunk of code using a bash script.

This is how I got it to work using sed(1);

$ sed "/);/i\
\ \ \ \ 'doctrine' => array(\n\
        'driver' => array(\n\
            __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver' => array(\n\
                'class' => 'Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver',\n\
                'cache' => 'array',\n\
                'paths' => array(__DIR__ . '\../src/' . __NAMESPACE__ . '/Entity')\n\
            ),\n\
            'orm_default' => array(\n\
                'drivers' => array(\n\
                    __NAMESPACE__ . '\Entity' => __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver'\n\
                )\n\
            )\n\
        )\n\
    ),\n
" config/autoload/local.php;

Note: I had to add \n and \ at the end of each line in order to make it work.

Is there a way to “not” have to do that? To insert plain text? Perhaps a different command?

Edit: my question is how to insert the text without having to add all the backslashes and newlines.

This is the text I need to insert:

'doctrine' => array(
    'driver' => array(
        __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver' => array(
            'class' => 'Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver',
            'cache' => 'array',
            'paths' => array(__DIR__ . '/../src/' . __NAMESPACE__ . '/Entity')
        ),
        'orm_default' => array(
            'drivers' => array(
                __NAMESPACE__ . '\Entity' => __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver'
            )
        )
    )
)

Answer 1

Here’s one way:

sed '/);/i\
'doctrine' => array(\
    'driver' => array(\
        __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver' => array(\
            'class' => 'Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver',\
            'cache' => 'array',\
            'paths' => array(__DIR__ . '/../src/' . __NAMESPACE__ . '/Entity')\
        ),\
        'orm_default' => array(\
            'drivers' => array(\
                __NAMESPACE__ . '\Entity' => __NAMESPACE__ . '_driver'\
            )\
        )\
    )\
)' file.php

If you’re trying to insert a file, try:

sed '/);/ { 
    h
    r replacement.txt
    g
    N
}' file.php