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Author: der.hans
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Subject: Re: using echo 'text' > file (to add to last line of several documents)
Am 20. Oct, 2010 schwätzte mike hoy so:

> one last thing:
>
> echo 'text' >> 1.php 2.php 3.php
>
> or
>
> echo 'text' >> *.php


for i in *.php; do echo 'text' >>$i; done

You could also do a sed inline script to grab them all, but for i in is
simple enough syntax for me.

> would be nice, but don't work any input on that? or am I to write a bash
> script?


Well, the "echo 'text' >>1.php" is already a bash script :)

ciao,

der.hans

>
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:24 PM, mike hoy <> wrote:
>
>> ah nice, thanks
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:25 PM, der.hans <> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 20. Oct, 2010 schwätzte mike hoy so:
>>>
>>>
>>> is it possible to simply add text to the bottom of multiple files or even
>>>> one?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Append (>>) rather than truncate (>).
>>>
>>>
>>> for example let's say I want to add to the bottom of several files:
>>>>
>>>> <?php include("../includes/footer.php"); ?> to the bottom of 1.php
>>>>
>>>> echo '<?php include("../includes/footer.php"); ?>' > 1.php
>>>>
>>>
>>> echo '<?php include("../includes/footer.php"); ?>' >> 1.php
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
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