do you think this would have the desired effect?


sudo cat >> /etc/apt/apt.conf  << eof
Acquire::Queue-Mode "host";
eof

sudo cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf << eof
#
# Reduce the swap tendency
vm.swappiness = 10
eof

sudo cat >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf << eof
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
eof

sudo cat >> /etc/fstab << eof
/media/bmike1/entertainment/Pictures /home/bmike1/Pictures none bind 0 0
eof

would the single line appendages just need the blank line?

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay now, I learned just today how >> works and I want to update all of my
> reinstall scripts so all I need to do is copy-n-paste into a terminal and
> everything will be done. Learned when I was doing Linux from scratch  that
> to create a file of multiple lines without starting an editor you do:
>
> *cat > filename << "EOF"
> *contents
>
> *of*
>
> *file*
>
> *EOF*
>
>  Oh.... I think I get it. just turn the '>' into '>>'
> am I correct?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>