#!/bin/bash
# prepend.sh: Add text at beginning of file.
#
#  Example contributed by Kenny Stauffer,
#+ and slightly modified by document author.


E_NOSUCHFILE=65

read -p "File: " file   # -p arg to 'read' displays prompt.
if [ ! -e "$file" ]
then   # Bail out if no such file.
  echo "File $file not found."
  exit $E_NOSUCHFILE
fi

read -p "Title: " title
cat - $file <<<$title > $file.new

echo "Modified file is $file.new"

exit 0

# from 'man bash':
# Here Strings
#       A variant of here documents, the format is:
# 
#               <<<word
# 
#       The word is expanded and supplied to the command on its standard input.