adding a line to a file

andy2000 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-26-2007

I want to add a line at the beginning and at the end of a file..

e.g.

echo "at the beginning.." > tmp_file &&
cat file >> tmp_file &&
echo "last line" >> tmp_file &&
mv tmp_file file

is there a nice way for doing that??

Thx

dennis.jacob · #2 (**permalink**) 03-26-2007

What about this..?

Code:

echo -e  "Before the data\n $(cat file)\nEnd of data"

ghostdog74 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-26-2007

to add a line at beginning of file

Code:

sed '1 i this is first line' file

to add at end of file

Code:

sed '$ a this is last line' file

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