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# 1  
Old 09-30-2010
Help with inserting a line
Hello,

I am new to this forum. I have a question in Unix shell scripting. Here is my requirement

I have 1000 files and I need to insert a header with one line at the top of
each of the 1000 files. Please let me know if you have any solution for this

Thanks in advance.

Raj
# 2  
Old 09-30-2010
Code:
perl -i -0pe '$_="header\n" . $_' *

# 3  
Old 09-30-2010
suppose all files in one directory (not tested but should work) :
bash code:
  1. HEADER="--- This is the header ---
  2. "
  3. for F in *
  4. do
  5.    echo "$HEADER$(cat $F)" > $F
  6. done
# 4  
Old 09-30-2010
Code:
$ ruby -i.bak -pe '$_="text\n#{$_}" if $.==1' file
$ sed -i '1 i text' file

# 5  
Old 10-01-2010
######## This match to you requirement perfectly########
HEADER="This is the header line"

for F in *
do
echo "$HEADER\n$(cat $F)" > $F
done
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