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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] setting locale
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On Mon, 30 May 2011 22:34:46 +0200
Nils Larsson wrote:

> Eh... Right, so ...
> 
> The echo example might have been a bit blunt. I've found myself using
> echo examples as a general "you need to add this setting here"
> device, like you learn to do when you start using Gentoo, might have
> been a bit presumptuous of me.
> 
> As for the incorrect locale string, copy&paste from parent.
> 

Why not use "echo >> ..." ?? 

Since the ">>" does an append, the original file contents are still
available for reference. 

Since the added line is at the end of the file, the new value will be
used instead of the old value.