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Old 10-30-2013
Help in adding a string at the end of each line and append files vertically

hi,

i need a help in the script , need to append a string at the end of each line of a files , and append the files into a single file vertically.

eg

file1 has the following columns
Code:
abc,def,aaa
aaa,aa,aaa

files 2 has the following rows and columns
Code:
abc,def,aaa
aaa,aa,aaa

i want append unix at the end of each files , which will be like the following
Code:
file1 
abc,def,aaa,unix
aaa,aa,aaa,unix
file2
abc,def,aaa,unix
aaa,aa,aaa,unix

later i want to concat file1 and file2 into a single file
Code:
abc,def,aaa,unix
aaa,aa,aaa,unix
abc,def,aaa,unix
aaa,aa,aaa,unix


i want to do this in a script.. help me on this

thanks
senthil

Last edited by Scott; 10-30-2013 at 01:46 AM.. Reason: Another reminder to use code tags
# 2  
Old 10-30-2013
Code:
awk -F"," '{OFS=",";$++NF="unix"}1' file1 file2

or

Code:
awk '{print $0",unix"}' file1 file2

# 3  
Old 10-30-2013
hi Krish,

thanks for your reply , can we achive this during sed command..?
# 4  
Old 10-30-2013
Hi,

You can use following command.
Code:
sed 's/$/,unix/' file1 file2

Thanks

YB Smilie

Last edited by Franklin52; 10-30-2013 at 05:06 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
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