Well, not to split hairs or anything, but that is not really appending one file to another. It is concatenating two files and putting the result into a third. To clarify, what if I had a file called "collection" and I wanted to append stuff to it from time to time, always keeping the name "collection" for the accumulation of all the stuff I might append there? Granted, the double greater-than is dangerous because it is easy to forget to double it, which means you kiss the older stuff bye-bye, but we already know that Linux assumes you know what you are doing. On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Guy Abandon. wrote: > I agree with the basic though for safety would have said:- > > $ cat file1 file2 >file3 > > GA! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros at ycardz.com> > 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, > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (80% of Full) Get my public key from website, http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
