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05-18-2017

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[sorted out] Add filenames to top of each files in a directory

Hello,

I tried different solutions given in various linux portals but no luck..

The directory consists of files with no-extension.
Each file has only one line. I need to add each filename to the top of each file so eventually each file will have two rows.
Filenames have spaces between words and some files have multiple spaces at the end of their names.

At first I tried this one:

Code:

while read F ; do
grep sed  -i '1i $F' $F > $F.txt
done

Also below one is not working:

Code:

for filename in $(ls $*)
do
	sed "1s/^/${filename} \n/" ${filename} > $filename.txt 
	echo Done ${filename} 
done

sleep 2

Any help will be appreciated

Kind regards
Boris

Last edited by baris35; 05-18-2017 at 01:08 PM.. Reason: [sorted out]

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LEARN ABOUT V7

zgrep

ZGREP(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ZGREP(1)

NAME

       zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression

SYNOPSIS

       zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...

DESCRIPTION

       Zgrep  invokes  grep  on  compressed  or  gzipped  files.   These  grep	options  will  cause  zgrep  to  terminate  with  an  error  code:
       (-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*).  All other options specified are passed directly to grep.  If no file is specified,  then  the
       standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep.  Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep.

       If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked.

EXIT CODE

       2 - An option that is not supported was specified.

AUTHOR

       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)

SEE ALSO

       grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)

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