insert file?

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Wed Nov 28 20:40:15 UTC 2007


Alan Cox wrote:
>> head -n 3 file;who;tail -n $(echo "$(wc -l file | cut -d " " -f 1) -3" |bc) file
> 
> ( head -n3 file; who; tail +3 file) > newfile 2> errors
> 
> Much easier ;)
> 
I think you need to change "tail +3" to "tail -n +3" or tail will
treat +3 as a file name.

Mikkel
-- 

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20071128/52ae1cdf/attachment-0001.bin 


More information about the users mailing list