how to set redirect for all commands

hillpigLQ · 09-19-2008, 04:51 AM

i know the redirect command can be wrote such as:$ ls > filelist.txt,are there any commands used to set the global redirect,so i don't need add each command >. thks

i92guboj · 09-19-2008, 05:51 AM

I guess you want this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

exec > file.log 2>&1

# The rest of your script

You can as well redirect the output for concrete code blocks, like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

{
  # my code block
} > file.log 2>&1

# The rest of your script