Append string on grep multiple results in a single command

Question

I want to append a string on the every line from the grep result.

For example, this command will return several lines:

ls -a | grep "filename"

For example:

filename1
filename2
filename3
filename4

How can I append a string test on each return line using a single command? So that I get this output:

test filename1
test filename2
test filename3
test filename4

possible duplicate of [Add a prefix string to beginning of each line](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2099471/add-a-prefix-string-to-beginning-of-each-line) — fedorqui, Nov 06 '14 at 16:20

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '14 at 16:05

23

You can do this:

ls -a | grep "filename" | perl -ne 'print "test $_"'

answered Nov 06 '14 at 16:05

ErikR

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '17 at 17:32

12

An alternative is to use sed (which is specifically a Stream EDitor):

ls -a | grep "filename" | sed 's/^/test /'

or

ls -a *filename* | sed 's/^/test /'

or even

ls -a | sed '/filename/bx;d;:x;s/^/test /'

answered Aug 04 '17 at 17:32

davemyron

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