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I want to create a header with awk like this:

Code:

gawk 'BEGIN {print "List of Events"}

Desired output:

List of Events

Tennis
Baseball

But I am at a loss on how to do this. I can make a list like this:

List of Events
Tennis
Baseball

But I can't get a space to appear. I have tried to use " " and '\n'. Does anyone have any ideas? I just want to know how to make a new blank line under the header

Code:

gawk 'BEGIN {print "List of Events" ORS}

Also

Code:

nawk 'BEGIN {print "List of Events" "\n"} {print $0}' file
List of Events
 
Tennis
Football
 
cat file
Tennis
Football

This can also be done without awk

Try :

Code:

$ echo "Your Header" | cat - inputfile  > outputfile

Or use group command:

Code:

{ printf "List of Events\n\n"; cat infile; } > outfile