Quoting Richard Sharpe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> 3.1b Which one of the following is the correct command to
> store all of the contents of all files in the
> present working directory (or pwd) into a single new file called
> 'all_in_one'?
> a cat * > all_in_one
> b cp * all_in_one
> c cat * >> all_in_one
> d All of the above
>
> C is given as the correct answer, but it seems clearly wrong. If all_in_one
> already exists, then its contents will be appended with the contents of the
> other files.
I assumed that the phrase "new file" meant that it didn't already exist,
in which case either A or C should be acceptable.
If the file does already exist, then a will truncate the existing file
and c won't, and both give an error message.
I'd agree that C shouldn't be the correct answer for this.
James.
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