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# 1  
Old 09-05-2010
adding a line to file
i am writing a script which will let user to input a line.
i m not sure how do i add this line to the end of a txt file ?
# 2  
Old 09-05-2010
Code:
echo $line >> file.txt

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# 3  
Old 09-05-2010
Code:
read add
sed '$ a $add' file.txt

it displayed the file and i can see the line was added
But i donno why when i opened the file to check the line was not there
# 4  
Old 09-05-2010
With sed you can do it like this:
Code:
read add
sed -i '$ a $add' file.txt

# 5  
Old 09-05-2010
i tried
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Code:
echo $line >> file.txt

and it works but how do i make it a new line?
# 6  
Old 09-05-2010
What do you mean? Empty line before added one?
# 7  
Old 09-05-2010
the input was added to the last line of the file
how do i make it start on a new line?

Thanks!! Smilie
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