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Linux: Command: File: Copy: Con: How to do an MSDOS 'copy con' in Linux?

Jun 18th, 2005 09:25
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 18 September 2003 - 19:13 pm ------------------

Linux: Command: File: Copy: Con: How to do an MSDOS 'copy con' in 
Linux?

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To overwrite type the following command on the command line:

 cat >yourfilename

then type

 <CTRL><D>

to finish and close the file

or

 <CTRL><C>

to abandon editing

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To append type the following command on the command line:

 cat >>yourfilename

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DOS to Linux copy con
[Internet: source: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/mailing-list/1997-
12/23.html]

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Microsoft Windows: XP: Copy con: How to use copy con to quickly create 
a file via a clipboard paste?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/36781/fid/868

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