How to send command output to file?!

mr_aliagha · 02-27-2009, 12:47 PM

Hey everybody,
I am looking for a way to send command output to a file.
for example i want to send "ls" output command to file "output.txt" so i can read it in feature...
Regards.

colucix · 02-27-2009, 12:53 PM

Use redirection. The symbol > redirect the output to a file, overwriting any previous content of the file, while the symbol >> append the output to an existing file.

Code:

$ ls > output.txt
$ ls >> output.txt

Both create the file if not existent.

mr_aliagha · 02-27-2009, 01:06 PM

Thanks.