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Old 10-08-2008
phenom phenom is offline
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How do I insert a line in the middle of a file in BASH?
I have tried

sed '/6/a text_to_inserted' file > newfile

but this inserts test_to_insert at random places in file and i want it in specific location, which is line 6.


can anyone help....