#!/bin/bash
$1 | cat >> - $2

I am trying to write a script that takes that takes two arguments. The first being a line of text, the second being a file you create. The script should take the first argument and insert it into the very top (the first line) of the file named in your second argument

Cant see whats wrong with the above. Anyone any clues.

This will output the first arg followed by the contents of the file named in the second arg on screen.

yeah i know but i want to save the output to the file of the second argument? any ideas

Try this :

cp $2 $2_temp
awk -v val1=${1} -F , 'BEGIN {
print val1
}' > temp

cat temp $2_temp > $2
rm temp $2_temp

not allowed use awk or sed