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Old 12-15-2009
Power Writing content into a file

Hi..

I have some content as

Hello how are you?
Where are you?

i need the above content to be placed in a file called hello.sh

So,when i execute a file called hi.sh it should automatically create the file hello.sh and write the above content into it. I know to create a file using touch command but not aware of how to place the contents into it while getting executed. So can anyone please help me.

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 12-15-2009
try using echo or printf command please go through the man pages you will understand..
# 3  
Old 12-15-2009
Hi vidyadar..

my hi.sh is like this,

touch /root/check/hello.sh

by this i have created the file but i need to place the contents too inside the file once i execute this hi.sh file

As you said that echo can be used, can you guide me where i need to use it??
# 4  
Old 12-15-2009
These are very basic questions, is this homework?
Anyway, you should have a read of some books or tutorials regarding shell scripting:

https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...tutorials.html
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Old 12-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by krthik
Hi vidyadar..

my hi.sh is like this,

touch /root/check/hello.sh

by this i have created the file but i need to place the contents too inside the file once i execute this hi.sh file

As you said that echo can be used, can you guide me where i need to use it??


Include following lines in ur shell script

echo "Hello how are you?" >> hello.sh
echo "Where are you?" >> hello.sh
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