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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting insert a header in a huge data file without using an intermediate file Post 302286257 by deepaktanna on Tuesday 10th of February 2009 03:38:21 PM
Old 02-10-2009
Question insert a header in a huge data file without using an intermediate file

I have a file with data extracted, and need to insert a header with a constant string, say: H|PayerDataExtract

if i use sed, i have to redirect the output to a seperate file like

Code:
sed ' sed commands' ExtractDataFile.dat > ExtractDataFileWithHeader.dat

the same is true for awk

and in its simplist form i could say
Code:
echo 'H|PayerDataExtract' > ExtractDataFileWithHeader.dat
 cat ExtractDataFile.dat >> ExtractDataFileWithHeader.dat
 mv ExtractDataFileWithHeader.dat ExtractDataFile.dat

but in all of the above an extra file is created. If i were to do this in vi manually the extra file could be avoided.

Is there a way to avoid the extra file while still not having to manually use vi in a interactive manner? This is even more neccessary if the file uses over 50% filespace and an extra file will just double my usage , though temporarily

Last edited by rbatte1; 12-13-2016 at 09:46 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
 

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getrusage - Gets the current resource usages

SYNOPSIS
array getrusage ([int $who]) DESCRIPTION
This is an interface to getrusage(2). It gets data returned from the system call. PARAMETERS
o $who - If $who is 1, getrusage will be called with RUSAGE_CHILDREN. RETURN VALUES
Returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call. All entries are accessible by using their documented field names. EXAMPLES
Example #1 getrusage(3) example <?php $dat = getrusage(); echo $dat["ru_nswap"]; // number of swaps echo $dat["ru_majflt"]; // number of page faults echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_sec"]; // user time used (seconds) echo $dat["ru_utime.tv_usec"]; // user time used (microseconds) ?> CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------+ | 7.0.0 | | | | | | | This function is now supported on Windows. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------+ NOTES
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Your system's man page on getrusage(2). PHP Documentation Group GETRUSAGE(3)
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