Sounds like you just want to append. echo "text to append" >> filename.txt
a single > overwrites the file. double > appends to the end of the file. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:00 PM, aldo albanese <aldo_alban...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a large text file, about 9 gig. I would like to insert a text at the > end of the file without open it, is it possible? > I'm reading about sed command but is giving some errors. This is what I'm > using as syntax sed 'textaaa' filename. > > Thanks, > Aldo > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss