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It worked reversing the line numbers with tac

user414574
– user414574

2020-06-28 13:02:13 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 13:02
That's a trick I learned 40 years ago when fixing compiler errors, which show line numbers. If you start editing at the bottom of the error list, the source line numbers match the error messages all the way up. But you get to check a lot of knock-on errors that way.

Paul_Pedant
– Paul_Pedant

2020-06-28 13:22:38 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 13:22
It is still a shed-load easier in the proper tool: awk '{ print; if (/run/) print ++n } One process, no shell loops, ten seconds to write.

Paul_Pedant
– Paul_Pedant

2020-06-28 13:29:32 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 13:29

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