does '>>' append directly after or put it on a new line

[Michael Havens]

put me to shame! I can do that! thank you .

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon at gmail.com> wrote:

> $ touch test
> $ echo "1" > test
> $ echo "2" >> test
> $ cat test
>
> 1
> 2
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> all of my instructions for reinstalling my computers is saved into a text
>> file for each computer. the pi is a new computer and I am doing it slightly
>> different. Here is what I have written:
>>
>> sudo echo 'deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib' >>
>> /etc/apt/sources.list
>> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 5243CDED
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get install kodi
>>
>> All I want is to verify that:
>>
>> sudo echo 'deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib' >>
>> /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> will put the:
>>
>> deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib
>>
>> on it's own line. I have always edited sources.list rather than use '>>'
>> previously.
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
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