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Old 03-05-2007
enclose a line with quotation marks
i have a file like this

aaaa bbbb cccc
aaa aaaa
aa cccccccccccccccc
aaaaaaa aaaa aaaa


i want to enclose this lines with double quotation:

"aaaa bbbb cccc"
"aaa aaaa"
"aa cccccccccccccccc"
"aaaaaaa aaaa aaaa"


any idea? (preferably without using sed)
thanks in advance...
# 2  
Old 03-05-2007
Code:
sed -e "s/^/\"/g;s/$/\"/g" file


Code:
awk '{ printf "%s%s%s\n", "\"", $0, "\"" }' file

# 3  
Old 03-05-2007
Code:
awk ' sub(".*","\"&\"") ' file

or
Code:
sed "s/.*/\"&\"/" file

# 4  
Old 03-05-2007
awk '{ printf "\"%s\"\n", $0 }' file
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