Using echo for multiple files

root · 29-03-2002 11:07AM #1

Hi,
I want to place text into multiple files using echo.I don't care whats in the files at the moment so I am redirecting the stdout via >
Basically I want to do the following but it's not working... anysuggestions.

echo "Some text and html here<p>" > file1.txt file2.txt.

logic1 · 29-03-2002 12:05PM

Well you could use something like:

echo "Some text and html here" > file1.txt | cat file1.txt >> file2.txt

.logic.

root · 29-03-2002 02:02PM

Thanks for the reply.
However it would get a bit repetitive considering that I have about 10 files.

Typedef · 29-03-2002 03:32PM

Originally posted by logic1
Well you could use something like:
echo "Some text and html here" > file1.txt | cat file1.txt >> file2.txt
.logic.

or how about

#n.sh

read var1
x=0

while ["$x" -ne "$var1"]
        cat base.txt > "$x".txt
        x=$(($x+1))
done
exit 0

then type
echo "hello world" > base.txt | ./n.sh 10

Kev · 30-03-2002 04:19PM

what about

echo "text" | tee file1 file2 file3 > /dev/null

Typedef · 30-03-2002 04:40PM

Yeah that might work too.
:rolleyes: .

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Using echo for multiple files

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