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edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:36

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

Cuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

Cuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

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edited Feb 4, 2017 at 17:13

Cuonglm gave the best answerCuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNUGNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

Cuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

Cuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

answered Sep 27, 2016 at 3:03

Cuonglm gave the best answer, but for the record here's what GNU sed does:

echo foo | sed 'i\ This line starts with spaces.'

Output:

 This line starts with spaces. foo

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