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Old 05-02-2011
appending a blank line for a group of files at the end
hi,
i m having a group of files starting with name 'Itemdelete<timestamp>' .
my requirment is to append a blank line at the end of files ,using unix in all the Itemdelete* files with a single unix command without using scripts.can any body put some light to this requiremnt.


regards
Angel
# 2  
Old 05-02-2011
SED:
Code:
for f in `ls -1 Itemdelete*`; do sed -i '$a\\' $f; done

AWK:
Code:
for f in `ls -1 Itemdelete*`; do awk '1;END{print ""}' $f > $f.tmp; mv $f.tmp $f; done

# 3  
Old 05-02-2011
try:
Code:
for i in Itemdelete*;do echo >> "$i";done

# 4  
Old 05-02-2011
Code:
ls  Itemdelete* | sed s/Itemdelete.*/Itemdelete" "/

# 5  
Old 05-03-2011
Thanks for the correct response Smilie
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