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mattConn/include_file_with_directive.sh

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Uses sed to insert a file's contents at a specific string (directive), then remove the string (leaves behind a space).
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include_file_with_directive.sh
sed -i '/##INSERT HERE/r file_to_insert.txt' file_inserted_to.txt
# now remove directive
sed -i 's/##INSERT HERE//g' file_inserted_to.txt
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