Using commands to output to files, how is this done?

nro · 11-11-2003, 07:57 PM

I know there are commands out there that can print a command output to a file. My expereince with this is very limited. I know of the command &< but what I want to know is, are there any more command like this? When using this command, how can I append the results to the end of a file?
Thanks

jim mcnamara · 11-11-2003, 08:00 PM

> creates and writes the file (redirection)
>> appends to the file (redirection)

Code:

ll -rt a* > filelist
ll -rt b* >> filelist

Makes a file with all of the file starting with letter "a", then
adds names of file that start with "b"

slakmagik · 11-11-2003, 08:04 PM

More fun with redirection.

nro · 11-11-2003, 08:38 PM

Those commands are fine and work great, thank you for that. But I'm looking for a consistant stream from the console(background) to the file. Know of a technique?
Thanks