How to append string/data to a file in Linux

This article will show you how to append a string (or any data) to the end of a file under Linux/Unix. Appending is done very simply by using the append redirect operator >>. Simply use the operator in the format data_to_append >> filename and you’re done. Below are several examples:

Examples to Append Data to a File

1. To append the string “hello” to file greetings.txt
   echo "hello" >> greetings.txt
2. To append the contents of the file temp.txt to file data.txt
   cat temp.txt >> data.txt
3. To append the current date/time timestamp to the file dates.txt
   date >> dates.txt

Free Linux utility to convert PDF to Text file

Are you looking for a fast, easy, and free way to convert a PDF document to a plain-text .txt format? Luckily, there is a built-in program in most Linux distributions that can do this called pdftotext. To convert, simply do:

pdftotext -layout filename.pdf filename.txt