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# 1  
Old 09-08-2016
sed command to add special character (')
I have a file (input) which contains are below.
Code:
Member Analytics Engine
Enterprise Manager
Dev Tutorial

I want to change contains as below by using sed command
Code:
'Member Analytics Engine';
'Enterprise Manager';
'Dev Tutorial';

First, I tried to add (') on every first line by using sed comand but nothing seems to be working . commands which I used are below
Code:
sed -e 's/^/'/g' input > output
sed 's/^/\'//g' input > output
sed 's/^/[']/g' input > output

Please suggest me what I am missing.
# 2  
Old 09-08-2016
Hello anshu ranjan,

Could you please try following.
Code:
sed "s/^/'/g;s/$/';/g"  Input_file

Output will be as follows.
Code:
'Member Analytics Engine';
'Enterprise Manager';
'Dev Tutorial';

Thanks,
R. Singh
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# 3  
Old 09-08-2016
Thanks a lot Rabinder ...
it worked perfectly ...
# 4  
Old 09-08-2016
Why the g option?
Code:
sed "s/^/'/;s/$/';/"  file

should do...
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# 5  
Old 09-08-2016
The usual trick for having a quote within a string in quotes is
quote(end) escaped-quote quote(start)
Code:
sed 's/^/'\''//' input

# 6  
Old 09-08-2016
awk
Code:
awk '{ print "\x27" $0 "\x27" ";"}'  file

---------- Post updated at 12:42 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:35 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
The usual trick for having a quote within a string in quotes is
quote(end) escaped-quote quote(start)
Code:
sed 's/^/'\''//' input

Hi MIG,
I am getting below error while running the code.
Quote:
sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unknown option to `s'
# 7  
Old 09-08-2016
Code:
sed "s/.*/'&';/" file

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