Add a prefix string to beginning of each line

by 
# If you want to edit the file in-place
sed -i -e 's/^/prefix/' file

# If you want to create a new file
sed -e 's/^/prefix/' file > file.new

If prefix contains /, you can use any other character not in prefix, or
escape the /, so the sed command becomes

's#^#/opt/workdir#'
# or
's/^/\/opt\/workdir/'

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