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Hi,

Need to insert /usr/local/bin before scp in all the lines for the below using VI

Code:
#cat scpfile.txt
scp test.txt user@host1:
scp test.txt user@host2:
scp test.txt user@host3:
scp test.txt user@host4:

Regards,
Siva
 
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