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Old 06-23-2009
sed insert option(-i) in shell script
Hi,

Please tell me how to use insert option of sed in a shell script on Solaris/AIX plateform.

For example I need to insert few lines on top of every file whose name starts with say "SOL_DEL".

Thanx.
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Old 06-24-2009
Insert is not "-i". It's just "i". Do not confuse sed "commands" with command line options. The command line option "-i" means to edit the file in place (dangerous!) in most sed versions that have the -i option, so watch out.

If you google "sed", go to the very first page, and as you will see, it is the #1 sed page on the webs. There is an example for every single sed command, including insert.
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Old 07-02-2009
Thanks GEEMonery.
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