file_append

Append text to file Altenative to echo "sometext" >> file.txt May useful where in case i/o redirection not working like in go generate.

Install

go install github.com/imantung/file_append

You may need to add GOPATH/bin to PATH (learn more)

Usage

$ file_append file.txt sometext

Example for go generate

package main

import "fmt"

// Generated file path relative to go file. Using $PROJ to create file in project directory

//go:generate rm -f $PROJ/.envrc
//go:generate file_append $PROJ/.envrc export APP_ADDRESS=:8089
//go:generate file_append $PROJ/.envrc export APP_READ_TIMEOUT=5s
//go:generate file_append $PROJ/.envrc export APP_WRITE_TIMEOUT=10s
//go:generate file_append $PROJ/.envrc export APP_DEBUG=true

func main() {
    fmt.Println("hello world")
}

$ go install github.com/imantung/file_append
$ PROJ=$(pwd) go generate ./...