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Old 03-28-2013
Concatenate files
Hi
I am trying to learn linux step by step an i am wondering
can i use cat command for concatenate files but i want to place context of file1 to a specific position in file2 place of file 2 and not at the end as it dose on default?
Thank you.
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Old 03-28-2013
You can't do that with cat. "cat file1 file2" always places file2 at the end of file1. cat does not look for intermediate positions within files.

Could you provide a short example of file1 and file2, and the context where you want to place one file within the other?
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Old 03-28-2013
You need to use several commands and redirection to achieve what you want. One (amongst many) example were:
Code:
$ head -5 file2 >fileX;cat file1 >>fileX; tail -n+6 file2 >>fileX

, assuming you want to split file2 after line 5.
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Old 03-28-2013
Here's how I would suggest doing it, using following starting materials:
Code:
$ cat file1
aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd

$ cat file2
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD

Read file2 into file1, after 2nd line of file1:
Code:
$ sed "2 r file2" file1
aaa
bbb
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
ccc
ddd

Read file2 into file1, after line with "ccc" in file1:
Code:
$ sed "/ccc/ r file2" file1
aaa
bbb
ccc
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
ddd

sed can be pretty cryptic when misused, but it is very clean and useful for many simple tasks, such as this kind.
 
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