append to a line

[Chris G]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:48:52PM +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
> Tom Brown wrote:
> > 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I need to append some options to the kernel line in grub.conf and i
> >>> wonder can anyone tell me the tool i can use to stick 'some stuff' on
> >>> the end of a line?
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >> vi is my favorite tool for this. (#vi /boot/grub/grub.conf)
> >>
> > 
> > ah yes - sorry should have said this needs to be scriptable!
> 
> examples?
> how many machines do you want to do this to?
> /me prefers sed for this, but there are any number of options
> 
> sed -i.backup 's,kernel.*$,& arg1 arg2 arg3,' /boot/grub/grub.conf
> 
> 
... or for slightly more complex situations use awk.

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Chris Green