Shell Programming and Scripting

I Have a file Say XYZ , I need a shell script in unix which will append 52 extra spaces at end of each line of the file excluding first and last line

Please help me out for the same

Code:

perl -i.bak -ple'$_.=" "x52unless$.==1||eof' XYZ

below script will add four space together with 'end' at each line except first and last line. Hope can make sense to you.

Code:

sed '1 !{
  $ !{
    s/\(.*\)/\1        end/
  }
}' filename

Thanx for your needfull Help

What do you think will you have to change in this script to add a "big number of spaces" instead of "4 spaces and 'end'"?

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A second thing is: as we answer your and others questions here we are trying to build up a knowledge base. If someone else has a problem similar or equal to yours s/he should be able to search the archives and find this thread and use what we have written to you. What do you think, in light of this, is helping this cause when your problem description - the title of your thread - is "help me please". Why do you expect us to understand your problem and work out an answer if you are not even willing to understand and correctly phrase your problem much less solve it. You took the time to format your post fancily and put in some smilies, but you didn't take the time to think about what your problem really is. Think about your priorities, svp.

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