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[sed] Run and understand. Add a newline to a target file using the sed command

created-2025/11/13 updated-2026/03/24

Introduction

In this repository, we run the sed command to insert a newline at the specified line number in the target file.

Commands that need to be installed

  1. git

Quickstart

If you have already installed the above command, run the following command to download it from the repository, then change the directory and run the sed command to insert a line break at the specified line number in the target file.

ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_ubuntu.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_ubuntu.txt
cat hello_ubuntu.txt
Output results

hello ubuntu

macos

MacPorts

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_macos.txt
sed -i '' '1i\
\
' hello_macos.txt
cat hello_macos.txt
Output results

hello macos

windows

WSL2

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_windows.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_windows.txt
cat hello_windows.txt
Output results

hello windows

MSYS2 MINGW64

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_windows.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_windows.txt
cat hello_windows.txt
Output results

hello windows

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

git --version

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

sudo apt install git

command

By executing the following command, the behavior will be as shown in the details.

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_ubuntu.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_ubuntu.txt
cat hello_ubuntu.txt
detail

hello ubuntu

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git --version

※MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

sudo port install git
echo 'alias git="/opt/local/bin/git"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

COMMAND

By executing the following command, the behavior will be as shown in the details.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_macos.txt
sed -i '' '1i\
\
' hello_macos.txt
cat hello_macos.txt
detail

hello macos

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
git --version
MSYS2 MINGW64
git --version

※Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
sudo apt install git
MSYS2 MINGW64
pacman --sync git

command

By executing the following command, the behavior will be as shown in the details.

WSL2
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_windows.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_windows.txt
cat hello_windows.txt
detail

hello windows
MSYS2 MINGW64
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/sed_newline.git
cd sed_newline
cat hello_windows.txt
sed -i '1i\
' hello_windows.txt
cat hello_windows.txt
detail

hello windows

Afterword

The key is to write a backslash () at the end of each line. For macOS, you need to specify a backup file after the -i option, or just use ” if you don’t need one.

List of how to use the sed command

There are other articles about the sed command besides this one.
Please check them out at the link below if you’re interested.

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