You can use ex, or even vi %s/^/\./g :wq
On 7/15/09, eric pareja <[email protected]> wrote: > hi david, > > the more "traditional" way would have been to use sed as follows: > > sed -i.bak s/^/./g porndomain.cal > > side-effect is to generate a backup file with the .bak extension. > > xen > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM, david t. asuncion, > jr.<[email protected]> wrote: >> A total CLI newbie here. :) >> >> I have a file like this... >> >> cat porndomain.acl >> >> sex.com >> blahblah.com >> weak.com >> .... >> >> What I want to happen is to add a "." on each line to look like this... >> >> .sex.com >> .blahblah.com >> .weak.com >> >> How can I do that with one line of command in Linux? >> >> -- >> David Tacasa Asuncion, Jr. >> website keeper, forever linux newbie, BUM extraordinaire >> >> Linux User # 406430 >> http://counter.li.org/ >> >> GPG: 0A024BC0 >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > eric pareja ([email protected]) LPIC-2 | PGP/GPG Key 0xB82E42D9 > Coordinator for Technology / Senior Linux Trainer > National Telehealth Center, University of the Philippines Manila > International Open Source Network - ASEAN+3 > "Ang mundo ay aklat, at iisang pahina lamang ang nababasa ng hindi > naglalakbay." > わかよたれぞ つねならむ > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Sent from my mobile device Kelsey Hartigan Go Registered Linux user #5998 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
