MARCEdit can also be invoked on the command-line: http://blog.reeset.net/archives/1078

Jason

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On Aug 28, 2014, at 1:44 PM, John Mignault <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You don't need to write a script. The MARCEditor will add the field to
> every record in the file. Take a look. --j
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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Schwartz, Raymond <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> But how can you automate that in a script?  /Ray
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Blake Galbreath
>> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:37 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody know a way to add a MARC tag on-mass to a
>> file of MARC records
>> 
>> Yep, then you just go MarcEditor > Tools > Add/Delete Field (F7).
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Jane Costanza <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> MarcEdit is a free MARC editing utility.
>>> 
>>> http://marcedit.reeset.net/
>>> 
>>> Jane Costanza
>>> Associate Professor/Head of Discovery Services Trinity University San
>>> Antonio, Texas
>>> 210-999-7612
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>>> http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/
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>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Schwartz, Raymond
>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Anybody know a way to add a MARC tag on-mass to a file of MARC records.
>>> I
>>>> need to add the tag 918 $a with the contents "DELETE" to each of the
>>>> records.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance. /Ray
>>>> 
>>>> Ray Schwartz
>>>> Systems Specialist Librarian
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