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

[Steve Holmes]

And sometimes my alias one-liners grow to something more like a short
script and then I have my own bin directory where I stick them; there,
I can expand on them over time into a more powerful and flexible mini
application in some cases.

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 08:34:38AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> 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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