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Old 12-06-2013
[Solved] Insert absolute path in VI

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
# 2  
Old 12-06-2013
Hi u can try as below


Code:
/var/backup # cat test                                                            
hi                                                                              
bye                                                                             
why                                                                             
now                                                                             
insert                                                                          
/var/backup #                                                                     
 /var/backup # sed 's/^/\/usr\/bin /' test                                         
/usr/bin hi                                                                     
/usr/bin bye                                                                    
/usr/bin why                                                                    
/usr/bin now                                                                    
/usr/bin insert                                                                 
/var/backup #

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# 3  
Old 12-06-2013
Thanks zozoo, worked in VI too..

Regards,
Siva
 
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