Oracle-L: RE: How to add ' (comma) at the begining and end of each line? Ei

From: Ron Thomas <rthomas_at_hypercom.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:49:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D3647.20031016094932@fatcity.com>

Let's not forget about ed

ed your_file <<EOF
,s!^!'!g
,s!\$!',!g
w
q
EOF if memory serves correctly.

Ron Thomas
Hypercom, Inc
rthomas_at_hypercom.com
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Since there has been an AWK reply, there should be a SED reply too. (Perl? What's Perl?)

sed "s/^/'/; s/\$/'/" your_file

sed 's/^/'\''/; s/$/'\''/' your_file

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi List
>
> I have 1000 lines in my data file. I want to add
> '(comma) at the begining and end of each line.
>
> For example,
>
> abf
> jd
> djkhk
> jd3
>
> Shold be convrted to
>
> 'abf',
> 'jd',
> 'djkhk',
> 'jd3',
>
> Any help will be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Sami
>

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