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append the filename to the first column of every file in a directory
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add_filename_column.sh
for i in *;
do
#practice (wont overwrite the file
nawk '{print FILENAME"\t"$0}' $i > $i.bk; mv $i.k $i;
#will overwrite the file
#nawk '{print FILENAME"\t"$0}' $i > $i.bk; mv $i.bk $i;
done
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be carefullll!

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