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Write a string to a file

ruby
File.new("a_file", "w") << "some text"
clojure
(with-out-writer "output.txt" (println "Hello file!"))
erlang
Line = "This line overwites file contents!\n",
{ok, IODevice} = file:open("test.txt", [write]), file:write(IODevice, Line), file:close(IODevice).
fsharp
let stream = new StreamWriter("test.txt", false)
stream.WriteLine("This line overwrites file contents!")

Append to a file

ruby
file = File.new('/tmp/test.txt', 'a+') ; file.puts 'This line appended to file!!' ; file.close()
clojure
(with-out-append-writer "output.txt" (println "This is appended to the file"))
erlang
Line = "This line appended to file!\n",
{ok, IODevice} = file:open("test.txt", [append]), file:write(IODevice, Line), file:close(IODevice).
fsharp
let stream = new StreamWriter("test.txt", true)
stream.WriteLine("This line appended to file!")