How can I append a new line to a text file followed by current date and time?
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echo "text" >> file
date >> file
If you want to have just in one line
echo -n "text" >> file
date >> file
answered Jan 6, 2011 at 13:20
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How can I append line breaks? Is there a way that I can pull this off with just one line of commands?– Jon DoeJan 6, 2011 at 13:41
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4@jon-doe You can append line breaks by using
echo- by default, it sends a line break; if you want more, you would do (for adding 4 line breaks)echo -e '\n\n\n'. To do it in one line, you can use braces{ echo "text"; echo date; } >> file. Jan 6, 2011 at 14:07 -
Adding curly braces didn't work for me. But adding parenthesis worked out. I'm on Ubuntu 12.04. This is what I used -
(echo -n "test : "; date;) >> file.log– JohnPNov 8, 2014 at 6:37
You can also use printf instead. A one line solution would be
printf "\nsome text\n$(date)" >> file.txt
