Incoming from Ralph Crongeyer: > > I need some help with SED. I'm trying to insert a "command"/text at the > beginning of every line from one file and output to a new file like this: > > sed 's/.*/clamscan -ri -l /var/log/clamav/clamav-"$1".log > /var/log/clamav/virus_scan
BTW, this is _debian-user_, not sed-user. Try something simpler, and work up from there: sed 's/^/blah/g' < infile > outfile -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]