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

[Eric Shubert]

I always take the later route, using scripts in favor of aliases. I 
never really liked using aliases. I don't like changing the behavior of 
commands that already exist, as that tends to break other things. Plus 
scripts are easier to distribute to other users. Perhaps my preference 
is just a matter of taste.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

On 10/27/2010 11:17 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> 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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