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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4475- June 12, 2025
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 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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