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# 8  
Old 01-12-2009
Can you post a cleaner sample of your insert text, input file, and your final expected output ?

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# 9  
Old 01-13-2009
hi

the insertion has to be done in a crontab file

the following text to insert :

# test insert
0,30 8-17 * * 1-5 . ~/.profile > /dev/null 2>&1;
#
#

this should be inserted before a line containing some words like :

## Audit du serveur

so the result shoulbe :

# test insert
0,30 8-17 * * 1-5 . ~/.profile > /dev/null 2>&1;
#
#
## Audit du serveur


regards
Christian
# 10  
Old 01-13-2009
There are already working solutions in this thread addressing your problem, anyway another alternative:

Code:
awk '/## Audit du serveur/{ system("cat insert_file") } 1' cron_file


or slightly modifying your current code:

Code:
awk   'NR==FNR{filein[n=FNR]=$0; next} /## Audit du serveur/{for(i=1;i<=n;i++) print filein[i]} 1' insert_file cron_file

# 11  
Old 01-14-2009
Thanks for your help , the 2 solutions work !

regards
Christian
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