11-30-2012
Add word/value at the beginning of each line in a file
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 to do it, i been searching forum but with no luck
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jason6247
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 to do it, i been searching forum but with no luck
i have tried command seq -f "%010g" first number last number
but seq can only format number until 6 digit long, it wont print output 0000100001 0000100002 instead it become 0000.5.+.09 something
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