Tar has a built in append feature so you can add files to the archive... Take a look at it and see if you can get it to do what you are after? http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tar1.html On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: > Concatenate the files > > cat textile compressedfile > newfile > > Or cat textile compressedfile textile > newfile > > But I don't think you'll be able to uncompress the new file afterwards. > > You will then need to find a way to remove the lines to uncompress the > original file > On Oct 31, 2013 1:40 AM, "Bryan O'Neal" < > Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > >> So lets say I have a few hundred lines of test I need at the beginning >> or end of a big compressed text file. Say a 20GB uncompressed / 4GB >> compressed JSON or XML doc. Now lets say I have no desire to >> uncompressed this file and I have no desire to use interactive tools >> like vim. How could I achieve this? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen