I agree with the basic though for safety would have said:- $ cat file1 file2 >file3 GA! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: Re: append to a text file Try this: cat file-to-append-to >> file-to-append Note the two greater-thans. Better use both,