vi commands in a shell script 1

[benp07]

i am trying to write a shell script that opens vi and then adds text to the file then only part that i don't know is how to get the vi command 'i' to work so i can insert text and how to i insert text just echo it

thanks
Ben

 

[Norwich]

"vi" was originally written as a visual version of "ed" which will be more appropriate for scripting. Or better still, "sed" if you want to pipe in the files.

 

[danielhozac]

If all you want to append some lines to a file, this line should work:

echo "a line.." >> /path/to/file
echo "another line.." >> /path/to/file

//Daniel