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Old 07-06-2011
Add header to a .csv file
Hi,

I am trying to add a header record to all the .csv files in a directory.

I am using the below sed commnad

Code:
sed -i '1 i \abc,sam,xyz,tip,pep,rip' xyz.csv

but this is not adding the header and I am not getting any error,pls tell me if any thing is wrong in the code.

Thanks,
Shruthi
# 2  
Old 07-06-2011
Can you check a similar post here..
# 3  
Old 07-06-2011
Code:
tmp=/var/tmp/$$.tmp
echo "col1,col2,col3" > $tmp
cat x.csv >> $tmp
cat $tmp > x.csv
rm -f  $tmp 2>/dev/bull

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