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hi, i need to insert a character in a certain text file. i cannot change the original files so i have to work with that, luckily the files are written in a way that at the end of every second line a semicolon ; has to be inserted. How can i do this? thanks in advance

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hi, i need to insert a character in a certain text file. i cannot change the original files so i have to work with that, luckily the files are written in a way that at the end of every second line a semicolon ; has to be inserted. How can i do this? thanks in advance

you should give an example or a sample of the contents of the original file and your expected output.

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you should give an example or a sample of the contents of the original file and your expected output.

Thanks but i found out already

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sed 'n;s/$/;/' filename > newfilename
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