* Niclas Hedhman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> If I have two files, 'abc' and 'def'
> 
> and I do a
> 
> cat abc def | more >def
> 
> the content of 'abc' is prepended to the 'def' file.
> 
> If I create a script;
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> cat abc def | more >def
> 
> 
> and run it. The content is NOT prepended.
> 
> WHY??
> 
> And how to do it instead?
> 
> 
> Niclas

I don't understand. Why are you piping through more?

Why not just
cat abc def > def

or
cat def >> abc

?

Tom.
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