Re: [opensuse] How to insert lines into text file ?

2007-08-16 Thread Magnus Boman
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:15 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: Hi all ! I would like to insert a new line on each second line, like that: pre.txt: line1 line2 line3 After.txt: line1 line2 line3 I have found the echo -e \n command to actually insert a new line, but how to

Re: [opensuse] How to insert lines into text file ?

2007-08-16 Thread Mark Goldstein
Hi, On 8/16/07, Magnus Boman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 10:15 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: Hi all ! I would like to insert a new line on each second line, like that: pre.txt: line1 line2 line3 After.txt: line1 line2 line3 I have found the

Re: [opensuse] How to insert lines into text file ?

2007-08-16 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Aug 16 2007 11:26, Mark Goldstein wrote: I would like to insert a new line on each second line, like that: Quick and easy; for i in `cat pre.txt`; do echo -e $i\n; done after.txt That will not work, and for good. You should never-never-never use for i in `something` for anything unless

RE: [opensuse] How to insert lines into text file ?

2007-08-16 Thread Ted Harding
On 16-Aug-07 08:15:04, Alexey Eremenko wrote: Hi all ! I would like to insert a new line on each second line, like that: pre.txt: line1 line2 line3 After.txt: line1 line2 line3 I have found the echo -e \n command to actually insert a new line, but how to automate the

Re: [opensuse] How to insert lines into text file ?

2007-08-16 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 16 August 2007 01:52, Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Aug 16 2007 11:26, Mark Goldstein wrote: I would like to insert a new line on each second line, like that: Quick and easy; for i in `cat pre.txt`; do echo -e $i\n; done after.txt That will not work, and for good. You should