[SunHELP] insert one line at beginning of text file; efficiently

[Dale Ghent]

On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 05:51 PM, Markham, Richard wrote:

> This code will be intercepting print data which could be lengthy and
> that is why I am concerned with efficiency.  If I have to go with temp
> files I will add a time stamp to avoid multiple tasks overwritting
> each other.

perl -e 'print "\n"; while(<>){ print;}' < inputfile > outputfile

/ek
http://elektronkind.org/
Psytrance: it's post-grad school for ravers.