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d'oh! yes thats now very obvious.

thank you

using the recursive option for chmod i am trying to make all the folders and subsequent files read only

i.e. chmod -R 444 folder

when i go to check the folder or contents using any command...

sorry i had meant please ignore this thread as i had already figured out that problem

zip -r filename directory

sorry please ignore

is it possible to zip a whole folder instead of each file individually?

I would like to add "word -esque" numbered bulletpoints to the output of a grep search, which has multiple hits for the search term

i.e. grep x filename

1) abcd x
2) efgh x
3) ijkl x

I...

i cant use sed or awk so i was thinking of something like using head and tail to split up the file but it aint working quite right, plus it doesnt fit with the notion of adding any argument

head...

the only thing i understood from that was wc.

i just need to know how to put the text like 2 lines in or if there is an automatic way - i.e. a command that can enter text at around 50% of wc.

using vi i want to make a script that takes 1 argument (some text) and inserts it into a 2nd argument (another file)

I need to know how to insert that text into the top and middle of the file....

when directing some text into a file can you choose where it goes like the top of the file (which is text aswell) or the middle??

if so how - especially would like to know how to do so in vi (text...