using echo 'text' > file (to add to last line of several documents)

[Lisa Kachold]

Let's develop the use of these one-liners a bit further, shall we?

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 21. Oct, 2010 schwätzte Hunter Kreie so:
>
>
>  Although the for loop will probably work for your PHP files, I generally
>> prefer using a different method for processing lists of files.
>>
>> /bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text" >> $i ; done
>>
>> This will handle files with spaces in them and gives you more flexibility
>> with the input list. For instance, if you have a bunch of subdirectories,
>> you could use find instead.
>>
>
> You're correct, my loop has problems with files that have spaces in the
> name.
>
> Your loop is better for a standalone task like this.


Anything required to use regularly, might be setup as alias added to your
own personal .bashrc file:

alias textphp="/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text" >> $i ; done"

When one has to use repeated commands like anything for which one might
repeatedly need to use while loops, a .bashrc assists to provide a means of
ownership of complex technology.

In some shops it's even allowed to maintain a NFS, CIFS shared /bin with
scripts and tools submitted and available for use by all engineers,
administrators?


>
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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