topic Re: append file in Operating System - HP-UX

append file

haeman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:54:01 GMT

I hv a file want to scp to another server , but I don't want to overwrite the remote file , I want to append this file to the original file , can advise what can i do ? thx

Re: append file

Ninad_1 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:04:04 GMT

Hi,

You would need to do this in multiple steps -
1. Copy the file to remote machine to temporary file (using scp)
2. Append the temporary file to the original file on the remote machine (u can use ssh)

OR

1. get the remote file to your local machine
2. append to the file locally
3. scp to remote machine.

I would prefer 1st option.

Regards,
Ninad

Re: append file

Suraj K Sankari — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:19:25 GMT

Hi,
1st you scp your file into remote server.
scp yourfile hostname:/path
then
2nd
ssh hostname cat /path/youfile >> /path/appendfile

Suraj

Re: append file

Dennis Handly — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:15:19 GMT

>Suraj: ssh hostname cat /path/youfile >> /path/appendfile

You would need to quote the redirection:
ssh hostname "cat /path/youfile >> /path/appendfile"