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Old 10-12-2011
adding text before and after a word
Hello,
I have a list:
i.e:
Code:
40331786
50331787
30331788
30331789
30331790
50331791
50331792
50331793
70331794
70331795
70331796
...
...

and I need to add text before and after each number:
i.e

Code:
before_40331786_after
before_50331787_after
before_30331788_after
before_30331789_after
before_30331790_after
before_50331791_after
before_50331792_after
before_50331793_after
before_70331794_after
before_70331795_after
before_70331796_after

Please help.

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-12-2011 at 10:38 AM.. Reason: code tags, see PM
# 2  
Old 10-12-2011
Code:
$ awk '{print "before_"$0"_after"}' infile
$
$ perl -pe 's/(.*)/before_$1_after/' infile

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drbiloukos
# 3  
Old 10-12-2011
Thanks a lot
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