There are many ways to append text to files on Linux, but to add a lot of lines, a script is likely one of your better options, especially if you need to do this repeatedly.

The "nl" command is dedicated for adding line numbers to a file. It writes the given file to standard output, with line numbers added. I have a file named file.txt with the following contents. $ cat ...

When you’ve checked that the above command gives you the results you want, you can add the -i option to make the changes permanent. $ sed -i '2,10s/^/0/' sample . That’s all it takes to use the sed ...

When you run your script, it may get foiled by an issue where it is stopped by a server that has yet to have its SSH key fingerprint added to the known_hosts file. When this happens, your script ...

This script will rename one or more files either by adding new text or replacing text in the file names. Adding text can be placed at the start, end, or both sides of either matched text or the entire ...

In Ubuntu and its derivatives, it’s suggested you edit the “.pam environment” file instead of “.profile”. Open the “.pam_environment” file in the text editor. If the file doesn’t exist, create it. In ...

When Mixxx is running, it will update the text file (which saves to ~/mixxx-now-playing.txt by default) once every 5 seconds based on the currently playing track. If decks stop playing, the text file ...

Directly after reboot, add the full file path to the bash script. @ reboot / home / derrik / startupscript.sh. Now that the command is set up, the crontab can be saved. Press “Ctrl + o” on the ...

Thanks to a Reddit user, the script is pretty simple and only needs you to add the commands into a text file, set it as executable and add it to Steam as a Non-Steam game. From there, you can launch ...