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Append Line to a File

Published in: Bash 

Running this command will append a line with given values to a file you specify. Replace words between < and > with the values you desire.

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  1. echo "<string to append>" >> <file>
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  3. #Example:
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  5. echo "My string" >> /home/user/myfile.txt

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