I have the following contents: Using sed, I want to insert line at the INSERT LINE HERE label. The easiest way should be: find text "function_1" skip 3 lines insert new line But none of the known sed options do the job. inserts new_text right after 'function_1' inserts new_text after each of the next 3 lines, following 'function_1' inserts new_text

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I have the following contents:

void function_1()
{
    //something (taking only 1 line)
}
->INSERT LINE HERE<-
//more code

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void function_1(){    //something (taking only 1 line)}->INSERT LINE HERE<-//more code​

Using sed, I want to insert line at the INSERT LINE HERE label. The easiest way should be:

But none of the known sed options do the job.

sed '/function_1/,3a new_text

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sed '/function_1/,3a new_text​

inserts new_text right after ‘function_1’

sed '/function_1/,+3a new_text

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sed '/function_1/,+3a new_text​

inserts new_text after each of the next 3 lines, following ‘function_1’

sed '/function_1/N;N;N; a new_text

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sed '/function_1/N;N;N; a new_text​

inserts new_text at multiple places, not related to the pattern

Thanks.

Try this with GNU sed:

sed "/function_1/{N;N;N;a new_text
}" filename

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sed "/function_1/{N;N;N;a new_text}" filename​