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Old 11-19-2004, 04:09 AM   #1
alaios
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add id in the first column

Hi... I have a text file with one column

e.x
10291
10291
2432
23592
3499
......


I want to add a column in the front with an id
ex
1 10291
2 10291
3 2432
4 23592
5 3499
......

How can i do that using command line?
I think that sed may help me
Any suggestion?
 
Old 11-19-2004, 06:49 AM   #2
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