Linux or awk script to add default string to lines

[Livid]

Hi All,

I'm a linux user, but definitely no expert and would like to ask if someone can help me in writing a linux or awk script which can concatenate a default string to each line in a file.

For example, I would like add "This is the end" to all lines in a certain file, so that after running the script the file would look like:
This is line 1 This is the end
This is line 2 This is the end
Some text on line 3 This is the end
...

I'm sure that fore some more experienced uses this must be a piece of cake It would be great if those could help me out.

Thank you

[kakariko81280]

Hi there,

chris@angua:~/dev/scratch$ cat test2.txt 
This is line 1
This is line 2
Some text on line 3
chris@angua:~/dev/scratch$ sed 's/$/ This is the end/' test2.txt > test3.txt
chris@angua:~/dev/scratch$ cat test3.txt 
This is line 1 This is the end
This is line 2 This is the end
Some text on line 3 This is the end

The $ is the regular expression for the end of the line so it matches that and replaces it with your end string.

Let us know how you get on.

[Livid]

Worked like a charm.. many thanks!!