quoth the MARG: > Hi Darren, > > Thank you for your answer. > > I tried that already and it works. > > Problem is, it is assuming that the PATH line is line 10 and in other > systems it may not be. > > Any ideas ? > Ok, so you will have to use sed to find the PATH line using a regex, then print your line right after... sed -e '/PATH=\$PATH/a some text' .bash_profile > Warm Regards, > MARG > PS: Thank you Scott for the cool link. -d > darren kirby wrote: > > quoth the MARG: > >>Hi, > >> > >>My .bash_profile is: > >>---------------------- > >># .bash_profile > >> > >># Get the aliases and functions > >>if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then > >> . ~/.bashrc > >>fi > >> > >># User specific environment and startup programs > >> > >>PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin > >> > >>export PATH > >>unset USERNAME > >>---------------------------- > >> > >>What i'd like to do is from the command prompt or a bash script, insert > >>text after the line "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin". > >> > >>I've searched the web and tried a few tricks, but one worked :( > >> > >>Could you help me please > > > > sed is the tool you need. > > > > Try something like: > > > > sed -e '10a\some text\' .bash_profile > > > >>Wam Regards, > >>MARG > > > > -d > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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