using echo 'text' > file (to add to last line of several documents)

[Hunter Kreie]

Although the for loop will probably work for your PHP files, I generally prefer using a different method for processing lists of files.

/bin/ls *.php | while read i ; do echo "text" >> $i ; done

This will handle files with spaces in them and gives you more flexibility with the input list. For instance, if you have a bunch of subdirectories, you could use find instead.

/bin/find ./ -name "*.php" | while read i ; do echo "processing $i" ; echo "text" >> $i ; done

When piping the command to a while loop like this, I use the full path to the command (/bin/ls instead of ls) in order to prevent shell aliases from having any effect.

Hunter


From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of mike hoy
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:48 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: using echo 'text' > file (to add to last line of several documents)

thanks for the help!
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:34 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
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 <mhoy06 at gmail.com> wrote:
ah nice, thanks

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:25 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> 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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