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sponge — Soak up the input before writing the output file. More information: <https://manned.org/sponge>.
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sponge command: Soak up the input before writing the output file. More information: <https://manned.org/sponge>.Solution
sponge — Soak up the input before writing the output file. More information: <https://manned.org/sponge>.Append file content to the source file:
cat {{path/to/file}} | sponge -a {{path/to/file}}Remove all lines starting with # in a file:
grep {{[-v|--invert-match]}} '^{{#}}' {{path/to/file}} | sponge {{path/to/file}}Code Snippets
Append file content to the source file
cat {{path/to/file}} | sponge -a {{path/to/file}}Remove all lines starting with # in a file
grep {{[-v|--invert-match]}} '^{{#}}' {{path/to/file}} | sponge {{path/to/file}}Context
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