--- Rodney Richison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But I'd like to add multiple lines at one time. Like the ones below. > I > realize I could cat them in from a text file, but I'd like to make > this > script non-dependant of other text files. > > export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' > eval `dircolors` > alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS -F' > alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l' > alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lA' Assuming they're one at a time, tnen you can do something like: echo -e "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3" ... if these lines are stored in a file already, that you're wanting to append to some other file, then using cat is your best bet. I am not sure if this answers your question or not. I'm having trouble understanding it. -- Thomas Adam ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]