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~(-: