[SOLVED] SED search for a block of text and add text right before the end of that block of text

Issue

Require some help. Been trying to use sed to search for a block of text from httpd.conf and right after the search, use sed to add text at the block of text. This is an example.

sed -n '/<Directory "\/var\/www\/html">/,/<\/Directory>/p' httpd.conf

After that pipe this output to sed again to insert text right before the which will look like this:

<Directory "/var/www/html">
. . .
# Limit HTTP methods
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all denied
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>

However after trying alot of different ways still cant get what i want. Anyone can help ? hope this is not a duplicate issue. Thanks.

Solution

This might work for you (GNU sed);

sed -i -e '\#<Directory "/var/www/html"#,/<\/Directory>/{/<\/Directory>/i\INSERTED' -e '}' file

Use a range /first regexp/,/second regexp/command and repeat the second regexp with a following insert command.

Answered By - potong

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (WPSolving Admin)