Can I redirect script output to a file without ">> $LOGFILE" at the end of each line

davee · 12-19-2003, 04:35 AM

To stop me having to do...

export OUTFILE=/home/user/logs
echo "Start script" >> $OUTFILE
echo "Blah blah " >> $OUTFILE
run command -a -h >> $OUTFILE
do this and that >> $OUTFILE
echo "Stop Script" >> $OUTFILE

Dave...

iainr · 12-19-2003, 05:01 AM

Two ways round this.

1. Put the chunk of code in curly brackets[code]{
echo "Start script"
echo "Blah blah "
run command -a -h
do this and that
echo "Stop Script"
} >> $OUTFILE

2. Use the exec command to redirect output to the file automatically (I have to say I haven't done this with Linux/Bash so read the man page for this one).