append to a text file

Christopher Moore christopher.h.moore at verizon.net
Fri Sep 5 15:10:02 EDT 2003


Danny,
You need to save the file before you append it to the first file.  I think
Buddy has the right idea but the files are reversed.  The cat command
prints the contents of the specified file.  The >> redirects the output
from the console to the end of the second file.

Chris
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 03:00:39PM -0400, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Try this:
> cat file-to-append-to >> file-to-append
> Note the two greater-thans. Better use both, else it'll overwrite the contents of the file rather than appending to it.
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