print and append!!

[joeroe3380]

HI group,
im trying to do the following:
print a statement "im learning unix"
append the contents of a file
print another line at the end.
---all into one single file.

expected output:

im learing unix
--- contents from a file--------
1
2
3
4
------conetnts from the line ends--
lastline " > output.dat
i guess this must be pretty simple, but im just trying to get the hang of it.
Thanks for your time and help
roe

 

[PHV]

(echo "im learing unix";cat /path/to/file;echo "lastline") > output.dat

Hope This Helps, PH.
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