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Old 12-03-2009
Append to exisiting file on same line.
File Format

ABC|ABC|ABC|

need to add another text after last | which would a unix command output.

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wc -l file| awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/$//' >> existingfile
It still adds to new line
# 2  
Old 12-03-2009
Should be:

Code:
awk '{print $0 "another text"}' file > newfile

# 3  
Old 12-03-2009
Need to get the output of "another text" from wc -l how do i incorporate that ?
# 4  
Old 12-03-2009
Something like:

Code:
awk -v text=$(wc -l < file) '{print $0 text}' file > newfile

# 5  
Old 12-03-2009
Says
Illegal variable name.
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