grunt-file-append

> Append or prepend data to file.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt >0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

``shell
npm install grunt-file-append --save-dev
`

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

`js
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-file-append');
`

The "file_append" task

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In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named file_append to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

`js
grunt.initConfig({
file_append: {
default_options: {
files: [
{
append: "text to append",
prepend: "text to prepend",
input: '/path/to/input/file'
output: 'path/to/output/file'
}
]
}
}
})
`

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Array of objects or functions which return structure:

#### append
Type: String|Function
Default value: ''

A string value that is used to append to the end of file.

#### prepend
Type: String|Function
Default value: ''

A string value that is used to append to the begin of file.

#### input
Type: String|Function
!Required

A string value that is used to find original file.

#### output
Type: String|Function
Default value: input

A string value that is used to find output file. If undefined then data get from original file and writes to original file.

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#### Example 1
In this example, show how to generate output file tmp/testing1 which contain "goog.provide(\"goog.renaming\");\n" and data from ./test/fixtures/testing1 file.

`js
grunt.initConfig({
file_append: {
default_options: {
files: [
{
prepend: "goog.provide(\"goog.renaming\");\n",
input: './test/fixtures/testing1',
output: 'tmp/testing1'
}
]
}
}
})
`

#### Example 2
In this example, show how to generate output file tmp/testing2 which contain data from tmp/testing2 file and "\n/\n//@ sourceMappingURL=testing2.js.map\n/".

`js
grunt.initConfig({
file_append: {
default_options: {
files: [
function() {
return {
append: "\n/\n//@ sourceMappingURL=testing2.js.map\n/"
input: 'tmp/testing2'
};
}
]
}
}
})
``

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

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