If I needed to append a username to the end line 32 on a file, how would I do so?
I can find on Google how to add text to the beginning of a line with sed, but I can’t figure out how I would append it to the end, or even the middle, if that was possible.
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Method 1
You can substitute your text for the line end ($) like this:
sed -e '32s/$/your_text/' file
To insert text in the middle of the line some information about the line structure would be useful.
Method 2
Try:
sed '32s,$,SOMETHING TO ADD,' FILE
Method 3
Using awk:
awk -v username='some username' -v line=32 'NR == line { $0 = $0 username } 1' file
To insert the username into the middle of the line, one would have to know more about what the lines in the file looks like.
If the username and line are variables:
awk -v username="$username" -v line="$line" 'NR == line { $0 = $0 username } 1' file
If you want to insert a space before the username:
awk -v username="$username" -v line="$line" 'NR == line { $0 = $0 " " username } 1' file
Method 4
Using ed:
$ seq 100 > 100file $ username=jeff $ ed -s 100file <<< $'32s/$/'"$username"$'/nwnq' $ sed -n 28,34p 100file 28 29 30 31 32jeff 33 34
The trailing / of the replacement string suppresses the default-print behavior.
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