add.sh

#!/bin/bash
# add new content into the top of a file 
# usage: ./script.sh 'new content to be added' myFile.txt
# @param1: content to be added
# @param2: file where the content will be added
# @author: leo picado

TEMPFILE="tmp.txt"
NEWCONTENT=$1
FILE=$2

(echo $NEWCONTENT; cat $FILE) > $TEMPFILE; mv $TEMPFILE $FILE

echo \'$NEWCONTENT\' 'was added at the top of' $FILE;