Tom Brown wrote: > >>> >>> >>> I need to append some options to the kernel line in grub.conf and i >>> wonder can anyone tell me the tool i can use to stick 'some stuff' on >>> the end of a line? >>> >>> thanks >>> >> vi is my favorite tool for this. (#vi /boot/grub/grub.conf) >> > > ah yes - sorry should have said this needs to be scriptable! examples? how many machines do you want to do this to? /me prefers sed for this, but there are any number of options sed -i.backup 's,kernel.*$,& arg1 arg2 arg3,' /boot/grub/grub.conf Stuart