Two new blocks added for consideration: writefile and appendfile

pibakery-blocks/appendfile/README.md

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+# Appendfile block
+
+This block allows you to append text to a specified file on the raspberry pi.
+
+Simply enter the path and filename and the content to append.
+
+## New Lines in file content
+
+You can specify a character to be used as a newline (\n) character.
+
+*i.e., if the characater for new lines is set to +, the follwiing applies:*
+Hello+Good Bye+Hello+Again
+
+*output as:*
+Hello
+Good Bye
+Hello
+Again
+

pibakery-blocks/appendfile/appendfile.json

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+{
+	"name": "appendfile",
+	"text": "Append File\\nFile name and path %1\\nText to append %2",
+	"script": "appendfile.sh",
+	"network": false,
+	"continue": true,
+	"type": "setting",
+	"category": "setting",
+	"shortDescription":"Append text to a file to the pi",
+	"longDescription":"Append text to the specified file using the input parameters specified",
+	"args": [
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "/path/to/file",
+			"maxLength":0
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "Text to append",
+			"maxLength":0
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "+",
+			"maxLength":1
+		}
+	]
+}

pibakery-blocks/appendfile/appendfile.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
+then
+    if [ -n "$3" ]
+    then
+        result=`echo "$2" | tr '$3' '\n'`
+    fi
+    echo $result >> $1
+else
+    echo "No parameters specified.  Aborting file append."
+fi

pibakery-blocks/writefile/README.md

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+# Writefile block
+
+This block allows you to write text to a specified file on the raspberry pi.
+
+Simply enter the path and filename, the content of the file and choose the file type.
+
+## New Lines in file content
+
+You can specify a character to be used as a newline (\n) character.
+
+*i.e., if the characater for new lines is set to +, the follwiing applies:*
+Hello+Good Bye+Hello+Again
+
+*output as:*
+Hello
+Good Bye
+Hello
+Again
+
+## File Type
+
+The file is either unmodified, i.e. Normal, or it is Executable.
+
+Executable files are modified to be executable using chmod.

pibakery-blocks/writefile/writefile.json

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+{
+	"name": "writefile",
+	"text": "Write File\\nFile name and path %1\\nContent %2\\nNew Line Character %3\\nFile Type %4",
+	"script": "writefile.sh",
+	"network": false,
+	"continue": true,
+	"type": "setting",
+	"category": "setting",
+	"shortDescription":"Wrire a file to the pi",
+	"longDescription":"Write to the specified file using the input parameters specified",
+	"args": [
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "/path/to/file",
+			"maxLength":0
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "Content - use specified character for new line",
+			"maxLength":0
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "text",
+			"default": "+",
+			"maxLength":1
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "menu",
+			"options": ["Normal", "Executable"]
+		}
+	]
+}

pibakery-blocks/writefile/writefile.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
+then
+    result=`echo "$2" | tr '$3' '\n'`
+    echo $result >> /home/pi/log
+    echo $result > $1
+    if [ "$4" = "Executable" ]
+    then
+        chmod +x $1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "No parameters specified.  Aborting file write."
+fi