Hello All,

I'm very new to Linux /bash programming and I'm trying to redirect all console/session standard output to a file and then toggle it back. I can't seem to find any information on how this is done. All I can find is how to redirect output from commands. ie ls > file.txt which will not work for me. Any information or pointers will be greatly appreciated.


Best Regards,

-Jim

You'll have to be more clear in your description. What does "toggle it back" mean? Why will "ls > file.txt" not work for you? What are you trying to accomplish?

Hello macemoneta,

Basically I am trying to redirect all standard input/output/error from the terminal into a file? When I say toggle I would like to have a way of then putting this hijacking of the standard input/output/error back to its previous state. The reason why "ls > file.txt" will not work is because, and this is where its gets complicated, I am not running a command from the terminal but rather I am trying to perform this action from within a %trigger script inside and RPM. I left that out because it just confuses the matter.

Best Regards,
-Jim

Well, you can capture all standard output and error output with:

command &> file.txt

You can capture input with something like:

read test && echo "$test" >> file.txt

If that's not what you're trying to accomplish, then you need to provide some examples of the processing you'd like to perform.