---
name: "insert_brackets"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xviewg"
version: "3.2p1.4-28.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/insert_brackets"
---

# insert\_brackets(1)

add delimiters before/after text

## NAME

insert\_brackets - add delimiters before/after text

## SYNOPSIS

**insert\_brackets** *delimiter1 delimiter2*

## DESCRIPTION

*insert\_brackets* is a filter that adds the specified delimiters around the text sent through it. It reads text from stdin and writes the result to stdout. The delimiters can be arbitrary characters, but things like **{ }**, **( )**, etc. are most common.

Please note that *insert\_brackets* is intended mainly to be run from XView's text menu. It is used in the default **text\_extras\_menu**.

## AUTHOR

Martin Buck \<mbuck@debian.org\> for Debian GNU/Linux

## SEE ALSO

[**xview**(7)](/xview/7.md), [**capitalize**(1)](/capitalize/1.md), [**remove\_brackets**(1)](/remove_brackets/1.md), [**shift\_lines**(1)](/shift_lines/1.md)