Question

Using an array of line numbers acquired through a grep command, I’m trying to then increase the line number and retrieve what is on the new line number with a sed command, but I’m assuming something is wrong with my syntax (specifically the sed part because everything else works.)

The script reads:

#!/bin/bash


#getting array of initial line numbers    

temp=(`egrep -o -n '\<a class\=\"feed\-video\-title title yt\-uix\-contextlink  yt\-uix\-sessionlink  secondary"' index.html |cut -f1 -d:`)

new=( )

#looping through array, increasing the line number, and attempting to add the
#sed result to a new array

for x in ${temp[@]}; do

((x=x+5))

z=sed '"${x}"q;d' index.html

new=( ${new[@]} $z ) 

done

#comparing the two arrays

echo ${temp[@]}
echo ${new[@]}

Answer 1

You’re sed line should probably be:

z=$(sed - n "${x} { p; q }"  index.html) 

Notice that we use the “-n” flag to tell sed to only print the lines we tell it to. When we reach the line number stored in the “x” variable, it will print it (“p”) and then quit (“q”). To allow the x variable to be expanded, the commabd we send to sed must be placed between double quotes, and not single quotes.

And you should probably place the z variable between double quotes when using it afterwards.

Hope this helps =)