insert text between lines

[Piotr Kirklewski]

Hi there
I need to know how to insert a text into existing file, just before certain text.
Example:

echo "my text" >> myfile.conf


cat myfile.conf

line 1
line 2

my text

#
# AMAVISD-NEW
#



Regards
Peter

[Steven Schweda]

Not a very useful description of what you
wish to do. Should "my text" be added at the
beginning of an existing line? On a new line
of its own? Is "my text" always only one
line of text (a constant or variable), or
might it be the contents of some other file?

What is the "certain text" in this "Example"?
Is it the whole line, or some part of a line?

"sed" can do some useful things. For
example:

dyi # cat text.txt
abc def
ghi jkl
mno pqr
stu vwx

dyi # sed -n -e '1,/hi/p' text.txt
abc def
ghi jkl

dyi # sed -n -e '1,/hi/d' -e p text.txt
mno pqr
stu vwx


man sed

[Piotr Kirklewski]

Should "my text" be added at the
beginning of an existing line?

Yes,just before:
#
# AMAVISD-NEW
#

Is "my text" always only one
line of text (a constant or variable), or
might it be the contents of some other file?

It's just one line - constant.

[Goran Koruga]

Hello.

You can use 'sed', namely the 'i\' and 'a\' (GNU extensions) commands.

Regards,
Goran