>> means concatenate into the file starting at the end

> means replace the file with this stuff

Sometimes it really hurts when you mix them up.

Jay Brenneman






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>Except there is currently a bug in the interface that for some devices,
such
>as DASD, the echo command MUST have a trailing blank in it:
>echo "add device range=0100-0104 " >> /proc/dasd/devices

I'd be interested to learn why the  '>>' is suggested instead of '>'  since
both appear to do the same job.

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