sed command

[Tran, Dick]

dear helpful,

i am having difficulty executing the following...

sed $a\chicken temp

i am interpreting the above command as; the word "chicken" will be appended
to the end of the file 'temp'...

except, this is what i get when i perform the command

sed: -e expression #1, char 2: Extra characters after command

any assistance will greatly be appreciated,

Dick Tran
R.B. Zack & Associates, Inc. 
www.rbza.com 
General Contractors for the Virtual World, 
     Building Business Applications that Work Since 1981. 
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