I have a file1 with following lines :

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd

Now I want to insert file2

111
222

after the line bbb from file1

that I have following effect in file1:

aaa
bbb
111
222
ccc
ddd


can anyone help me out by this problem ?

thanx a lot

Hi

head -n 2 file1 > file3
cat file2 >> file3
tail -n 2 file1>> file3

and then if the file3 is true that you want,
mv file3 file1

you should change number of lines parameter (I used 2) head and tail commands, but if you want more functionallity you have to supply more info

An awk solutiion for you...

awk '{print}/bbb/{while (getline < "file1" > 0){print}}' file2

Damian

Thanxs for your interest to help me,

some more info !!
The position of pattern bbb can be in n th line

I have a file1 with following lines :

aaa
n th lines ....
.....
.....
bbb
ccc
ddd

@ Damian.
I think you are on the right way, but file2 is given out to screen
and not into file1

Damian just invert file1 and file2.
If you want to replace file1, redirect output to a file, for example :

Apologies Peter, I mixed up your filenames. I also took it as read that you'd know to redirect the output if you wanted it in a file!

By the way, what would you want to happen if your file contained more than one instance of bbb?

Damian

Hi, thanx @ all,
the string surely exist only for one time in file1. I have to update the etc/profile on 7 hundred machines. After the line "umask 022"(bbb) I have to insert the lines from file2 . File2 contains the commands for a second password question after the normal login is done. There are a lot of other updates needed and I want to do as much as possible automatically by a script.

Thanx for helping me out.
With your help I get the solution for my problem.