07-30-2008
append data in a file by using tab delimiter
Hi,
I need to append the data in to a file by using tab delimiter.
eg:
echo "Data1" >> filename.txt
echo "\t" >> filename.txt (its not working)
echo "Data2" >> filename.txt.
the result sould be like this.
Data1 Data2
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