Inserting text at the beginning or end of a line
Use the s (substitute) subcommand and these two special
substitution characters to insert text at the beginning or end of
a line:
- ^ (circumflex)
- Inserts text at the beginning of a line
- $ (dollar sign)
- Inserts text at the end of a line
- To insert text at the beginning of the current working line, enter:
s/^/newtext
- To insert text at the beginning of a specified line, enter:
where n is the number of the line. This line becomes the current working line.ns/^/newtext
- To insert text at the end of the current working line, enter:
s/$/newtext
- To insert text at the end of a specified line, enter:
where n is the number of the line. This line becomes the current working line.ns/$/newtext