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# 1  
Old 04-16-2014
Add 3 new lines for every line in a file
I have a file that I need to add 3 new lines of text for every line in the file - when I attempt the sed scripting below I keep getting 'command garbled' errors. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
list=`cat /export/home/list`
for i in $list
 do
sed ' a \
send_notification: F \n
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "\n
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net'  >> list.out
done

# 2  
Old 04-16-2014
I don't know what you're running sed for.

Code:
while read LINE
do
cat <<EOF
send_notification: F \n
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "\n
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
EOF
done < list.txt > list.out

# 3  
Old 04-16-2014
This worked to a point - it did not pass in the original lines from the list.txt file - just wrote out the 3 new lines for every line in the file - I need all 4 lines in final output. Sorry but I am new to scripting and thought sed was the way to go.
# 4  
Old 04-17-2014
If you would have shown us an input file and what you wanted the output to look like as well as the code you were using to try to get that result, we might have given you something more like:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
list=/export/home/list
list=list
sed ' a \
send_notification: F \
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "\
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
' "$list"  > list.out

to start with. I'm still making some wild guesses about what the ends of the three lines you're adding are supposed to look like. With an input file that contains:
Code:
line1
line2
line3
line4

the above script writes:
Code:
line1
send_notification: F 
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
line2
send_notification: F 
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
line3
send_notification: F 
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
line4
send_notification: F 
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net

in list.out. Is this what you're trying to do?
# 5  
Old 04-17-2014
Yes that is exactly what I am trying to do. When I attempted to use your script above I am getting the following error:

sed: command garbled: a \
# 6  
Old 04-17-2014
sed is still not required...

Code:
while read LINE
do
cat <<EOF
$LINE
send_notification: F \n
notification_msg: "Process Has Failed "\n
notification_emailaddress: 720394@tmomail.net
EOF
done < list.txt > list.out

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bjdamon
# 7  
Old 04-17-2014
That worked perfectly!!! Thank you so much - you guys rule
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