w33tmaricich · November 19, 2018 19:58
diff --git a/checkBeforeAppend.sh b/checkBeforeAppend.sh
 #!/bin/bash

 FILE_PATH=somefile.txt

 function appendToFile {
    echo $@ >> $FILE_PATH
 }
 function checkBeforeAppend {
    (cat $FILE_PATH | grep "$@" &&  echo "$@ already set") || appendToFile "$@"
 }
	#!/bin/bash

	FILE_PATH=somefile.txt

	function appendToFile {
	echo $@ >> $FILE_PATH
	}
	function checkBeforeAppend {
	(cat $FILE_PATH \| grep "$@" && echo "$@ already set") \|\| appendToFile "$@"
	}