On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:31 PM, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote: > > Let's say my original lines are: > CN=DATA.OU=XYZ.O=CO > CN=DATA.OU=XYY.OU=MEM.O=CO > CN=DATA.OU=XZZ.OU=OOP.O=CO > > I want them to look like: > CN=XYZ_DATA.OU=XYZ.O=CO > CN=XYY_DATA.OU=XYY.OU=MEM.O=CO > CN=XZZ_DATA.OU=XZZ.OU=OOP.O=CO > > So I need to take the data after the FIRST OU and stick in front of DATA > with an _ in between. The rest of the line then remains the same. > > Hope it makes sense. Appreciate the help! This should work as long as the first OU always follows CN=DATA.: sed -e's/DATA.OU=\(\w*\)/\1_DATA.OU=\1/' -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com