Is there a way to simulate Save and Close a file through shell command?

Question

I have a scenario where a shell script runs another shell script. The second shell script prompts user to type review comments and close the file.

In my case, I do not want to type anything but only save and quit (equivalent vim command :wq) the file. I want to automate this through a shell script where I don't want manual intervention to save and quit the file. How can i achieve this?

You can take a look [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4783182/5868851) — Zelnes, Jul 17 '19 at 12:06
Did you try something like `echo ":wq" | vi file` ? Depending on the second script this might fail and you need smething like `expect` (see link of @Zelnes). — Walter A, Jul 17 '19 at 13:13

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '19 at 11:53

I'm not sure i get the context but if you simply (echo "input of your choice" >> file.txt ) it will do the job and will not have to quit and save anything if th einput is already in a file you can (cat inputfile.txt >> file.txt ) this command can be place inside of your first script

Is there a way to simulate Save and Close a file through shell command?

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