[lug] Appending a file to files

[Atkinson, Chip]

Don't know why it wouldn't work, but how about 
for i in (bar/*); do
  cat foo >> $i
done

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Murray [mailto:gmurray at Mines.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:24 AM
> To: Boulder Linux User's Group
> Subject: [lug] Appending a file to files
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry if this is doubly posted, my first attempt
> to send this didn't seem to make it to the list.
> 
> I want to append the file foo to all the files in
> the bar directory tree.  Why doesn't this work?
> 
> find bar -exec cat foo >> {} \;
> 
> What does work? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Glenn
> 
> 
> 
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