Insert line after match using sed

shell sed

Try doing this using GNU sed:

sed '/CLIENTSCRIPT="foo"/a CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"' file

if you want to substitute in-place, use

sed -i '/CLIENTSCRIPT="foo"/a CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"' file

Output

CLIENTSCRIPT="foo"CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"CLIENTFILE="bar"

shell sed

Note the standard sed syntax (as in POSIX, so supported by all conforming sed implementations around (GNU, OS/X, BSD, Solaris...)):

sed '/CLIENTSCRIPT=/a\CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"' file

Or on one line:

sed -e '/CLIENTSCRIPT=/a\' -e 'CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"' file

(-expressions (and the contents of -files) are joined with newlines to make up the sed script sed interprets).

The -i option for in-place editing is also a GNU extension, some other implementations (like FreeBSD's) support -i '' for that.

Alternatively, for portability, you can use perl instead:

perl -pi -e '$_ .= qq(CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"\n) if /CLIENTSCRIPT=/' file

Or you could use ed or ex:

printf '%s\n' /CLIENTSCRIPT=/a 'CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"' . w q | ex -s file

shell sed

A POSIX compliant one using the s command:

sed '/CLIENTSCRIPT="foo"/s/.*/&\CLIENTSCRIPT2="hello"/' file