Or, if you want to prepend (at the beginning of the file), try
something like:
for i in * ; do cp $i $i.BAK ; (echo $i ; cat $i.BAK) > $i ; done
Will preserve file permissions and ownership.
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Sreeji" == Sreeji K Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sreeji> On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, YL Narayana wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have a large number of small files. I need to insert/append
>> the name of each file into the body of the file. How can I do
>> it easily?
>>
Sreeji> The simplest command line (in bash) would be:
Sreeji> for i in * do echo -en $i >> $i; done
Sreeji> That would append the filename to the file. Instead of '*'
Sreeji> you can use any pattern. If you have directories while
Sreeji> expanding '*', u'd see errors.
Sreeji> If you want a still elegant solution, u can use perl. If u
Sreeji> need a script, let me know.
Sreeji> Sreeji
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