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   1 : append editor for mh -- /jlr and bd
   2
   3 case $# in
   4 1)      msg=$1; echo -n 'Append file(s):  ' 1>&2; read appendix;;
   5 2)      msg=$2; appendix=$1;;
   6 *)      echo 1>&2 "Usage:  `basename $0` [file]"; exit 1;;
   7 esac
   8
   9 for arg in $appendix
  10 do
  11         if [ -f $arg -a -r $arg ]       # exists; non-directory; readable
  12         then
  13                 echo 1>&2 \"$arg\"      # yell the file name out
  14                 cat </dev/null $arg >>$msg
  15         else
  16                 echo 1>&2 "`basename $0` $arg:  Sorry."
  17         fi
  18 done