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02-09-2009

ddreggors

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but honestly.... no, there isn't a better way.

No, that is not correct...

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you can use the sed "insert" comand:

Yes I agree.. use the sed insert command, and you can even do it inline so that you do not have to pipe to another file then replace the old with the new.

Code:

[user@host ~]$ cat lines.txt
LineA
LineB
LineC

[user@host ~]$ sed -i '1 i \Line1' lines.txt
[user@host ~]$ cat lines.txt
Line1
LineA
LineB
LineC

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