Appending text in a file

[Steven Elling]

On Friday 25 April 2003 15:41, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> I have an LDIF file with a bit over 300 entries.  I need to append some
> text (",ou=contacts,dc=tarcanfel,dc=net")  to each line that begins with
> "dn:".
>
> Surely there's an easy way to script this.
>
> Using sed, I can append text, but only as the next line.

What --- Only as the next line!?

sed will allow you to insert text anywhere.

Just do the following in your case:

cat old.ldif | sed -e 's/(dn:.*)/1,ou=contacts,dc=tarcanfel,dc=net/' > new.ldif