in reply to inserting few lines after matching a string?
perl -pi -e 's/(printf\("hello buddy..\\n"\);\s+)/$1char \*point = new + char\[10\];\n/' file.txt
jeffa
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)
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