Hi,

I have a big file like this:
BBR 0004186 916 H $$a
BBR 0031086 916 H $$a
BBR 0032551 916 H $$a
BBR 0035481 916 H $$a

I would like to add globally a senetence :

BBR 0004186 916 H $$a new acquisition

How i'll do it?

Thanks.

Where and/or which part do you want to add??

I.e. Do you want to add new acquisition to the end of every line.

Please give a bit more information.

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You could use sed....

sed 's/$/new acquisition/' file1 > file2

..or awk...

awk '{print $0 "new acquisition"}' file1 > file2

you can do it in the vi editor

vi filename
:g/$$a/s//$$a BBR 0004186 916 H $$a/g

this will change all the $$a to $$a BBR 0004186 916 H $$a.

try this and come out

raguram R

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