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Adding Blank lines at start of file
Name: sushilp Date: June 20, 2003 at 04:27:11 Pacific OS: Sun Solaris CPU/Ram: P4/512
Comment:
Hi I want to add 3 blank lines at the start of a file can u help me with the command
Name: nails Date: June 21, 2003 at 11:00:27 Pacific
Reply:
David's is an easy, straightforward solution to this problem.
However, if you'd like to edit the file in place, you can do this:
vi yourfile > /dev/null 2>&1 MSG O
^[ :wq MSG # Uses unix document, need two less than signs before the first MSG. This forum wipes out these characters.
1) "O" opens the first line in vi. 2) Place the required CRs 3) Press the ESC key. Emulate the ESC key in vi by pressing control-v, and then hitting ESC. 4) vi quits with :wq
Regards,
Nails
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Response Number 3
Name: Dlonra Date: June 23, 2003 at 08:32:29 Pacific
Reply:
i prefer ex instead of vi for scripting ex yourfile MSG 0i
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