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Old 03-17-2011
Copy an entire file to specific position to another file

Hi ,

I need your kind help for my below requirement

I need to copy and entire txt file to a certain position to the target file .
Source file has 3 lines and it has to be copied to the target file in position from line 10 to 12.

Thanks for your support
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Old 03-17-2011
If you have GNU sed then..
Code:
sed '9r copy_file.txt' target_file.txt

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