https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446905#M15478 Nick,<BR /><BR />Maybe this script may help (chose your favorite name):<BR /><BR /><BR />#!/bin/bash<BR />lin=0<BR />while read -e line<BR />do<BR /> let "lin += 1"<BR /> if [ "$lin" == "$1" ]; then<BR /> echo $line$2<BR /> else<BR /> echo $line<BR /> fi<BR />done<BR /><BR /><BR />Use<BR /># cat abc.txt | script 2 " 138" &gt; newfile<BR /><BR />where 2 is line and " 138" is text to append.<BR /><BR />Bojan Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:25:00 GMT Bojan Nemec 2004-12-20T05:25:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446901#M15474 How to append something to appointed line of ACSII file use command line?<BR />For example:<BR />append " 138" to abc.txt must follow "130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137"<BR />original abc.txt<BR />[root@webapp home]# cat abc.txt<BR /><LIMIT get="" post="" put=""><BR />130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137<BR /></LIMIT><BR /><BR />I need execute one or more command under command line to append content of abc.txt.<BR /><BR />I wanna abc.txt as following:<BR />[root@webapp home]# cat abc.txt<BR /><LIMIT get="" post="" put=""><BR />130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138<BR /></LIMIT> Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:44:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446901#M15474 NiCK_76 2004-12-20T02:44:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446902#M15475 sed s/"137"/"137 138"/ abc.txt<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Sergejs Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:01:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446902#M15475 Sergejs Svitnevs 2004-12-20T04:01:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446903#M15476 Ooops, if you want script, simply like this:<BR /><BR />sed s/"137"/"137 138"/ abc.txt &gt; abc_changed.txt<BR /><BR />mv -f abc_changed.txt abc.txt<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR />Sergejs Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:07:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446903#M15476 Sergejs Svitnevs 2004-12-20T04:07:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446904#M15477 The abc.txt just a test file. And maybe content differently.<BR />I just knew line number , not content. Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:26:53 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446904#M15477 NiCK_76 2004-12-20T04:26:53Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446905#M15478 Nick,<BR /><BR />Maybe this script may help (chose your favorite name):<BR /><BR /><BR />#!/bin/bash<BR />lin=0<BR />while read -e line<BR />do<BR /> let "lin += 1"<BR /> if [ "$lin" == "$1" ]; then<BR /> echo $line$2<BR /> else<BR /> echo $line<BR /> fi<BR />done<BR /><BR /><BR />Use<BR /># cat abc.txt | script 2 " 138" &gt; newfile<BR /><BR />where 2 is line and " 138" is text to append.<BR /><BR />Bojan Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:25:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446905#M15478 Bojan Nemec 2004-12-20T05:25:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446906#M15479 Example:<BR /> line number=2<BR /> text to add=138<BR /><BR />Script:<BR /><BR />sed '2,2 s/$/ 138/' abc.txt &gt; abc_changed.txt<BR />mv -f abc_changed.txt abc.txt Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:36:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-append-something-to-appointed-line-of-acsii-file-use/m-p/3446906#M15479 Sergejs Svitnevs 2004-12-20T05:36:46Z