does '>>' append directly after or put it on a new line

[Mike Ballon]

$ touch test
$ echo "1" > test
$ echo "2" >> test
$ cat test

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> all of my instructions for reinstalling my computers is saved into a text
> file for each computer. the pi is a new computer and I am doing it slightly
> different. Here is what I have written:
>
> sudo echo 'deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib' >>
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 5243CDED
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install kodi
>
> All I want is to verify that:
>
> sudo echo 'deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib' >>
> /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> will put the:
>
> deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib
>
> on it's own line. I have always edited sources.list rather than use '>>'
> previously.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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