Bash - append output at the end of text file

In this article, we would like to show you how to append output at the end of text file in Bash.

Quick solution:

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command_name >> file_name.txt

Where:

• command_name - is name of the command that returns some output,
• file_name - is name of the text file where we want to append the command output.

In this example, we use echo command that displays a line of text that is passed in as an argument. Using >> operator we "redirect" its output and append it at the end of file.txt.

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echo "Some text..." >> file.txt

Note:

This operation will write at the end of file.txt leaving the previous content. If you want to overwrite the whole file content, use > instead of >> operator.

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