On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:42:15AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > I want to merge the contents of one file with the bottom X lines of > another. This works: > > cat file1 > EndResultFile && tail +20 file2 >> EndResultFile > > Is this adequate, or is there a better way to do it? No, looks good to me. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey.