08-12-2009
Adding one string at the beginning of each line in a file
Hi,
I have file a.txt as below. I want to add one string root beginning of each line.
Sample file a.txt
aaa
bbb
ccc
Sample output
Root aaa
Root bbb
Root ccc
Can any one help me on this?
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