To append file1 to file2 do: cat file1 >> file2 Simple way to empty a file or make an empty file (bash or ksh) do: > file On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Aroop MP wrote: > How can i attach one file on the top of another file. > > Suppose file1 has 10 lines and file2 has 20 lines. I want to attach the 10 > lines of file1 to file2 so that the file2 will have 30 lines in total. > > On Sunday 08 Aug 2004 5:31 pm, Sascha Retzki wrote: > > Am So, 2004-08-08 um 13.44 schrieb Roberto Vanto: > > > Anindya Mozumdar ha scritto: > > > > Hi, > > > > How can I make a file zero length without deleting the contents of > > > > the file manually through an editor ? > > > > Anindya. > > > > - > > > > > > man touch > > > > > > touch foo > > > > touch changes the timestamp if the file exists. It sounds like the file > > already exists. btw, You don't need to delete it through an editor, "rm > > foo ; touch foo" would do it, too. ;-) > > -- John Julian Computer Geek cell: 248-787-2221 pager: 800-621-4951 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
