Adding Text To each line of a file

cubs0729 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005

How would I add text to the beginning of each line in a text file in a script right after the file is created from another text file.

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005

Code:

/bin/echo '%s/^/newText/g\nwq!' ex - myTextFile

cubs0729 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005

I want to understand, not just use it. Yet I still can't get mine to work.

This is what I have ...

echo '%s/^/mrtsnc01/g\nwq!' ex - $ofile

what needs to be changed????

vgersh99 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by cubs0729

I want to understand, not just use it. Yet I still can't get mine to work.

This is what I have ...

echo '%s/^/mrtsnc01/g\nwq!' ex - $ofile

what needs to be changed????

sorry - I missed the pipe:

Code:

/bin/echo '%s/^/newText/g\nwq!' | ex - myTextFile

give a full path to 'echo' - in order to avoid ksh's builtin 'echo'

cubs0729 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-08-2005

thank you so so much, you saved my a$$.

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