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Old 10-17-2010
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sed 's|[^ ][^ ]*|&_label|2' infile

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Old 10-17-2010
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Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Code:
sed 's|[^ ][^ ]*|&_label|2' infile

Nice.
# 10  
Old 10-19-2010
Code:
# cat file
onene   two  three for
five   six    seven eight

Code:
# sed 's/  *\(*.\)*  */\1_label&/2' file
onene   two_label  three for
five   six_label    seven eight


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