Re: OT: Script to add line to file if it doesn't exist

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

On 04/07/2010 05:45 PM, Mart Frauenlob wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
> grep -w "fred" file || printf "%s\n" "fred">>file
>
>    

Why not simply use
  echo "fred" >> file
for the second command?


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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