[SOLVED] create file with touch and echo output to that file

sachin.davra · 01-16-2014, 02:14 AM

i am writing a .repo file using echo command after creating that file with touch command. but i am not able to do what i want.

Code:

echo "[local repo]" "\n" "name=local repository for updating packages" > /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

above command should write in the file like

Code:

[local_mirror]
name=local repository for updating packages

how can i achieve this task?

qrange · 01-16-2014, 02:17 AM

check permissions, usually only root can write to /etc

sachin.davra · 01-16-2014, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qrange

check permissions, usually only root can write to /etc

i am trying with root only but i think command is wrong. i am not sure about command.

zhjim · 01-16-2014, 02:19 AM

You need to enable backslash interporetaion of echo. Use the -e option.

Just so we can help you better in future it would have been great if you would have shown what you output was. Just be as verbose as possible and as quiet as feasible.

SAbhi · 01-16-2014, 02:20 AM

Quote:

echo "[local repo]" "\n" "name=local repository for updating packages" > /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

well this doesn't seems to be nice use of echo!!! please read man echo.

try this:

Code:

echo -e "[local repo]\nname=local repository for updating packages\nbaseurl=http://some/site/some/page\ngpgcheck=0" > /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

sachin.davra · 01-16-2014, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SAbhi

well this doesn't seems to be nice use of echo!!! please read man echo.

try this:

Code:

echo -e "[local repo]\nname=local repository for updating packages\nbaseurl=http://some/site/some/page\ngpgcheck=0" > /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

Thanks for quick response. i was not aware about -e. i used it like u mentioned above and it's done. Anyway i know this is not nice use of echo but i wanna write it in %post section of kickstart file.

Thanks to everyone for their valuable time.