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Old 09-24-2013
How to add a text at the beginning of a text files in a folder?
how to add a text ( surya) at the beginning of a text files (so many) in folder


text file:
Code:
111111
555555
666666

result:
Code:
surya
111111
555555
666666

Last edited by joeyg; 09-24-2013 at 12:23 PM.. Reason: Please wrap commands and data within CodeTags
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Old 09-24-2013
Code:
sed -i '1i\Surya' file

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Old 09-24-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Code:
sed -i '1i\Surya' file

You could use a for/while loop with above command.
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Old 09-24-2013
Code:
(echo "Surya"; cat file) > newfile

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