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1. Homework & Coursework Questions
First month learning about the Linux terminal and it has been a challenge yet fun so far. We're learning by using a gameshell. I'm trying to display a certain line ( only allowed 1 command ) from a file only using the head or tail. I'm pretty about this answer:
head -23 history.txt | tail -1... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: forzatekk
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to number the lines in my text file. I know how to do this with standard numbering (1,2,3,4, etc) but I need to count in multiples of 5, beginning 0,5,10,15...
example existing file:
abcd
efg
hijklm
nopqrs
desired output
0 abcd
5 efg
10 hijklm
15 ... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: livbaddeley
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need help with insert text to the last line of text file with echo command
I know can do something like echo "i4\n$logtext\n.\nwq" | ex -s $file can insert to first line, but how can i change this code in order to insert to the last line of text file?
please help, thank you :( (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gavin_L
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've been playing with sed, trying to get it to insert the contents of somefile.txt after line 13 on anotherfile.txt. I tried searching for a line with regex and attempting to insert something on the next line with:
find ./anotherfile.txt -type f -exec sed -i -e '/^dog/cat/' {} \;
but it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: unclecameron
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Assume that the text file contains over 40 lines. How do you do this?!?!? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: phunkypants
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Please help to add ; to every line in a text file
i Have tired sed 's/$/ ; /g' > /tmp/drop_tables.sql but not working :(
Thanks (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bluebird5m
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello everybody,
I have some files in directory.each file contain some data.
my requirement is add the count of each line of file in head of each file.
any advice !!!!!!!! (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: abhigrkist
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
How to add line numbers in text file..
ex
abcd
cdef
result
1. abcd
2. cdef
thx in advance (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: suryanarayana
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi I need to add a comment line at the begining of a text file. The scenario is given below.
1. The number of servers that needs to be updated is around 80
2. The location of the text file in all the servers are the same including the file name.
3. The comment has to be added at the very... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: orakhan
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to add a line of text just before the last line in a file.
For example, if the last line of a file is "exit 0", I need to add a line of text just before that.
Any ideas how I might do that?
Thanks (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: TheCrunge
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