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Old 04-17-2009
Inserting Header and footer
Hi All,
I have several txt files i need to enter specific header and footer (both are separate) to all these files how can i do this? plz help..
Regards,
Raghav
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Old 04-17-2009
Check this:
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...-top-file.html
# 3  
Old 04-17-2009
Dear Zaxxon, thank you for reply but i have to enter every file header in the top and footer at the botom of the text...
# 4  
Old 04-17-2009
Hi User,

Following might be helpfull.

TEST>for file in *
> do
> awk 'BEGIN { print "header" } { print $0 } END { print "footer" }' $file > ${file}"_out"
> done
Last edited by panyam; 04-17-2009 at 06:38 AM..
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Old 04-17-2009
Code:
for i in *.txt;do
  echo $1 > ${i}.tmp
  cat $i >> ${i}.tmp
  echo $2 >> ${i}.tmp
  mv ${i}.tmp $i
done

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