How to append a semcolon to every record in a file?

er_ashu · #1 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008

Hi,

If a file is like

123
456
894
568
234

and the desired o/p is

"123"
"456"
"894"
--

--

How can it be done?

Please advise.

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008

Code:

sed 's/.*/"&"/' file

or:

Code:

awk '{print "\"" $0 "\""' file

Regards

er_ashu · #3 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008

Thanks..it worked.

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