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newbiebash

09-06-2008 10:39 PM

what is the command to add text into a text file?

what is the command to add text into a text file?

anyone tell me?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI}

09-08-2008 07:55 AM

It's cat >> (name of file here) (text you want to add here) press ^D (Control D) when you're done.

Example:

Code:

cat >> shoppinglist.txt must buy some champagne ^D

Adds the highlighted text to an existing file called shoppinglist.txt

indienick

09-08-2008 08:07 AM

Alternately, you could also go:

Code:

$ echo "oranges, bananas, eggs, bacon" >> shoppinglist.txt

Note that this will append the text to the end of the file. If you only use one ">" you will clear the file, and will only see "oranges, bananas, eggs, bacon".

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