appending text to all files that starts with a string

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Published on 2010-06-02T07:17:19Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 7:33 UTC
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How do I append a string to all the files in a directory that starts with a particular string?

I tried,

cat mysig >> F*

But instead of appending contents of mysig to all files starting with F, it creates a file named "F*". Obviously wildcard doesn't seem to work. Any alternatives? Thanks in advance.

Edit: Also how do I delete this newly created file "F*" safely?. Using

rm F*

would delete all the files starting with F which I wouldn't want.

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