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In fact one of the other methods i would think works is something like this
1) Create a file that has vi commands

CommandsOfVi.script
vi cmd to goto line 1
vi cmd to insert 'Header Text'
vi...

The solution which Ygor provided works!!

I would like to understand how it works though

thanx anyways

hi ddreggors/jim

i tried this - and it fails with the below error

sed -i '1 i \HeaderText' ExtractDataFile.txt
sed: illegal option -- i

The system is a SunOS ussun1l 5.8 Generic_117350-60...

I have a file with data extracted, and need to insert a header with a constant string, say: H|PayerDataExtract

if i use sed, i have to redirect the output to a seperate file like

sed ' sed...