add text to beginning of each line

Armandres answered on July 17, 2022 Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer add text to beginning of each line

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# Save prefixed file into a new file
sed -e 's/^/prefix/' file > file.new

# Edit file and overwrite with prefixed text
sed -i -e 's/^/prefix/' file

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Source: Grepper

Tags: add each line prefix shell text word

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Contributed on Jul 17 2022

Armandres

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