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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Append line and variable at fixed postion in file in unix Post 302341497 by zaxxon on Thursday 6th of August 2009 04:55:24 AM
Old 08-06-2009
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Maybe something like this:

Code:
$> cat infile
one
two
three
four
five
$> VAR=whatdoiknow; awk -v somevar=$VAR 'NR == 3 {o=$0; getline; print o,$0"                 "somevar; next} $0' infile
one
two
three four                 whatdoiknow
five

Last edited by zaxxon; 08-06-2009 at 06:11 AM.. Reason: added possible solution
 

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