21020: Streamline settings.conf reference instructions

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diff --git a/doc/user/reference/api-tokens.html.textile.liquid b/doc/user/reference/api-tokens.html.textile.liquid
index 4c35530e607d1194ce3827400390c826693407bf..73da17ccd2290ea104a88544054acf8f61f7212d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/user/reference/api-tokens.html.textile.liquid
+++ b/doc/user/reference/api-tokens.html.textile.liquid
@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ h2. settings.conf
 Arvados tools will also look for the authentication information in @~/.config/arvados/settings.conf@. If you have already put the variables into the environment following the instructions above, you can use these commands to create an Arvados configuration file:
 
 <notextile>
-<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">echo "ARVADOS_API_HOST=$ARVADOS_API_HOST" > ~/.config/arvados/settings.conf</span>
-$ <span class="userinput">echo "ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=$ARVADOS_API_TOKEN" >> ~/.config/arvados/settings.conf</span>
-</code></pre>
+<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">cat >~/.config/arvados/settings.conf &lt;&lt;EOF
+ARVADOS_API_HOST=$ARVADOS_API_HOST
+ARVADOS_API_TOKEN=$ARVADOS_API_TOKEN
+EOF
+</span></code></pre>
 </notextile>
 
-* The output-redirection operator @>@ in the first command will cause the target file @~/.config/arvados/settings.conf@ to be created anew, wiping out the content of any existing file at that path.
-* The @>>@ operator in the second command appends to the target file.
+{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
+This will overwrite the file @~/.config/arvados/settings.conf@.
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
 
 h2. .bashrc