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Help with sed and inserting text from another file
Post 302744345 by barrydocks on Friday 14th of December 2012 08:14:22 AM
12-14-2012
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Try the solution from this link
sed - How can I can insert the contents of a file into another file right before a specific line - Stack Overflow
sed - How can I can insert the contents of a file into another file right before a specific line - Stack Overflow
I initially thought it might be a permissions problem but I am running the commands as root so it can't be
@michaelrozar17
The default file is as created by ubuntu install (this is a vanilla server install), the txt file created at the terminal via putty - however both have been opened on the webmin file browser on an XP machine, I can't be certain they weren't modified.
Used the dos2unix command on both files but still no luck
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