John Asked: 2010-08-15 12:53:52 +0800 CST2010-08-15 12:53:52 +0800 CST 2010-08-15 12:53:52 +0800 CST Append an echo to file? 772 In linux, how do I do something like echo 'hello world' > log.txt but instead of overwriting the contents of log.txt, it appends to the end of of log.txt? linux shell unix-shell 4 Answers Voted Best Answer laurent 2010-08-15T12:56:13+08:002010-08-15T12:56:13+08:00 echo 'hello world' >> log.txt GregD 2010-08-15T12:56:30+08:002010-08-15T12:56:30+08:00 Try: >> In place of: > aleroot 2010-08-15T14:37:18+08:002010-08-15T14:37:18+08:00 In Linux you can also use the useful HERE TAG for multiline append : cat >> log.txt << EOF hello word 1 hello word 2 hello word 3 EOF Linux shell's are more more powerful than windows command prompt! ;) disserman 2010-08-15T12:56:20+08:002010-08-15T12:56:20+08:00 echo 'hello world' >> log.txt
Try:
In place of:
In Linux you can also use the useful HERE TAG for multiline append :
Linux shell's are more more powerful than windows command prompt! ;)
echo 'hello world' >> log.txt