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INSERTING A NEW LINE

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SOL9MAN

SOL9MAN

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Mar 11, 2003
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY OF INSERTING A NEW LINE INTO AN ASCII FILE AT THE START WITHOUT CREATING A TEMP FILE.

REGARDS
 
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Code: 
ex - filename << EOF
1i

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wq
EOF

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