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Asked: 2026-06-12T17:51:11+00:00

I have an index.html file which contain URLs. Example <!– UC –> <A href=uc/live/current/index.html

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I have an index.html file which contain URLs. Example

    <!-- UC -->
        <A href="uc/live/current/index.html" >UC Live</A>&nbsp
        <A href="uc/live/" >(All months)</A><br>
    <!-- VI -->
        <A href="vi/live/current/index.html" >VI Live</A>&nbsp
        <A href="vi/live" >(All months)</A><br>
    <!-- NQ-PRO -->
        <A href="nq/live/current/index.html" >NQ Live</A>&nbsp
        <A href="nq/live/" >(All months)</A><br>
  </body>
</html>

I want to write script for automation so it will automatically add 3 lines of stanza above the </body> tag. for example I want to add following line above </body> tag. I believe we can use sed / awk to do that but don’t know how? 

<!-- EX -->
        <A href="ex/live/current/index.html" >EX Live</A>&nbsp
        <A href="ex/live/" >(All months)</A><br>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try the following simple sed command (GNU sed)

    sed 's@</body>@\t<!-- EX -->\n\t<A href="ex/live/current/index.html" >EX Live</A>&nbsp;\n\t<A href="ex/live/" >(All months)</A><br>\n</body>@'

    No need to use / as delimiter, it can be what you want instead, here we have the separator @

    A PORTABLE SOLUTION
    (tested on Solaris 11, FreeBSD 8.0 and Archlinux)

    sed 's@</body>@  <!-- EX -->\
        <A href="ex/live/current/index.html" >EX Live</A>&nbsp;\
        <A href="ex/live/" >(All months)</A><br>\
</body>@' file.html
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