The issue is that you are attempting to read the same file as you are writing. You can go ahead and use the code you wrote but instead of writing to the same file, write to a temporary file and then copy it over the original file
Hi
I need to add text to the beginning of a file in the same way that cat will put file contents at the end of a file. I want to do this with many files eg
cat newtext >> /usr/home/*/*.bat
Any ideas? (2 Replies)
hey,
i would like to add a line number to the beginning like so:
red
blue
green
yellow
will be:
1=>red
2=>blue
3=>green
4=>yellowplease advise
thank u. (5 Replies)
Well here goes:
I tried to write a batch file that adds a specific fixed text to each line of an already existing text file.
for the adding text infront of each line I tried this:
for /F "delims=" %%j in (list.txt) do echo.STARTTEXT\%%j >> list.txt
for adding text after each line I... (0 Replies)
how to add value/word at the beginning of each line in a file ?
i have file number.txt and the output is below
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
i want to add 000 at the beginning of each line, desire output is below
0001000
0001001
0001002
0001003
0001004
and so on
please advise how... (5 Replies)
how to add a text ( surya) at the beginning of a text files (so many) in folder
text file:
111111
555555
666666
result:
surya
111111
555555
666666 (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am doing something like below:
cat file1>file3and
cat file2>>file3
I wanted to check if there is a way to write a custom message(hardcoded message)something like below at the beginning of each line then PIPE delimitiation and then followed by remaining record.
cat file1... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a specific requirement to add text at the beginning and end of a plain text file. I tried to use "sed" with '1i' and '$a' flags but these required two separate "sed" commands separated with "|".
I am looking for some command/option to join these two in single command parameter.
... (6 Replies)
i am trying to
insert text at the beginning of every even number line
with awk
i can do it with odd number lines
with this command
awk 'NR%2{$0="some text "$0}1' filehow can i edit this command
thanks (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: bob123
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
xclip-copyfile
XCLIP-COPYFILE(1) General Commands Manual XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)NAME
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile - copy and move files via the X clipboard
SYNOPSIS
xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-pastefile
DESCRIPTION
xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.
xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
-p preserve path formation
xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
EXAMPLES
Copying a file to a remote host
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
Copying an entire tree structure
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
doc/
doc/letter-mom-april.txt
doc/file1
doc/letter-dad-march.txt
Copying files with preserved path information
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
etc/sysconfig/grub
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
etc/sysconfig/grub
Moving files
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
letter-brother-may.txt
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Maximilian Gass <mxey@cloudconnected.org> for the Debian project. It may be used for everything else, of
course.
XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)