Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 11:36:58 -0500 From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Redirect Output Appended to an Existing File? Message-ID: <20010507113658.C21031@billygoat.slb.to> In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF9BF@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from drewt@writeme.com on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:34:27AM -0700 References: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF9BF@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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> Is there a way to use the redirect command to append output to an > existing file? For example, I issue a command like this: > > some_commmand > /var/log/logfile > > If logfile exists, the current version will be overwritten with the > new version. Is there a way to have the output appended to the file > instead of overwritten? Use '>>' instead of '>'. Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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