How to create a file with text, date, and file content in command line

Question

I'm looking to create an alais in IOS Terminal that will create a file with a comment at the top of the file and append another file to the end

Output I would like

\#2Thu Dec  3 14:39:41 MST 2015
--fileContents--

Attempt

echo # > x.txt; date >> x.txt; cat file.txt >>> x.txt;

But the results put the # and the date on separate lines... How would I do it with keeping them on the same line

Possible duplicate of [Windows batch: echo without new line](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7105433/windows-batch-echo-without-new-line) — Marc B, Dec 03 '15 at 21:44
it mentions the unix equivalent in the qusetion itself, and since you haven't mentioned what OS you're on... — Marc B, Dec 03 '15 at 21:48
uh, yes, it is. `cmd.exe`. terminal is a generic term. every os has a terminal of some sort. — Marc B, Dec 03 '15 at 21:49
@MarcB that does not give information on how to put contents into a file, nor does it work in "Terminal" the IOS application, — Seth McClaine, Dec 03 '15 at 21:55
@MarcB please remove your block unless you can supply direction — Seth McClaine, Dec 03 '15 at 21:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '15 at 22:03

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I've found that adding ` around date inside of an echo executes the statement.

Resolution

echo # `date` > x.txt; cat file.txt >> x.txt;

answered Dec 03 '15 at 22:03

Seth McClaine

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