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# 1  
Old 06-23-2008
How to append some strings line by line?
I would like to append the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on to the lines of the file:
Adam Wilkins | Colorado | 36
John Butler | Los Angeles | 47
Cassey Johnson | Minneapolis | 25
Albert Aniston | Miami | 19
....
Tony Legler | Sacramento | 55
Matt Simmons | New York | 38

Output would look like this:
Adam Wilkins | Colorado | 36 | 1
John Butler | Los Angeles | 47 | 2
Cassey Johnson | Minneapolis | 25 | 3
Albert Aniston | Miami | 19 | 4
.....
Tony Legler | Sacramento | 55 | 9
Matt Simmons | New York | 38 | 10

I know this is simple for Unix gurus Smilie
Maybe someone can enlighten me on this?
Many thanks.
# 2  
Old 06-23-2008
not clear
how to append the numbers?
what is the expected result?
# 3  
Old 06-23-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by xinoo
I know this is simple for Unix gurus Smilie
Maybe you should start to learn for yourself one day Smilie
Code:
awk '{print $0" | "NR}' data.file

# 4  
Old 06-23-2008
Thanks danmero.

Hi ynir,
I posted my expected output in the previous post Smilie
Appending 1, 2, 3, and so on at the end of the lines in the input file.
Thanks.
# 5  
Old 06-24-2008
Hi
oops, didn't notice that.
See danmero's answer - put the line number at the end followed by '|'.
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