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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4475- June 12, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4475- June 12, 2025
 
 
INSERTING LINES WITHIN SCRIPTS 
 If you want to insert a line
 at the top (or anywhere for
 that matter) of a file within
 a shell script, use the ed editor.
 
 EXAMPLE:
 
 string="hello"
 ed << EOF
 e any_file
 1i
 ${string}
 
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