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Old 02-09-2009
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you can use the sed "insert" comand:


Code:
the_prompt$ cat thefile

returns:


Code:
line1
line2
line3


Code:
the_prompt$ sed -e '1 i \the line you wanna put first' thefile

returns:


Code:
the line you wanna put first
line1
line2
line3