Copying file contens to another file using echo command

[cola]

Hi,
Can anyone tell how to copy file contents to another blank text file using echo command?

[Ashish Sood]

try this
echo filename1>filename2

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by Ashish Sood

try this
echo filename1>filename2

No. That would make the file called filename2 consist of a single line of text, that text being "filename1" (minus the quotes). That is, it echoes the file's name, not the file's contents.

You could use cat instead: cat filename1 > filename2

If you insist on using echo, then you'll need to loop through each line of the first file. For example:

while read -r line
do
   echo "$line" >> filename2
done < filename1

[cola]

Thanks RupertPupkin