[ILUG] Bash script

[Colm Buckley]

> echo -e "4\nLines\nof\ntext" | cat original_file - > new_file
> cat original_file 4_lines_file > new_file

Well, yes.  For a very odd interpretation of "add lines to a file".

To send the output of any command onto the *end* of a file, use the >>
redirection operator:

      echo "New Last Line" >> file
      ls -l >> file
      some_command_producing_4_lines >> file

          Colm

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