how to send shell variable data to a text file
 

Writting a very very simple shell script, the script contains some variables which i want displayed with a sentence i.e.

hello $1 whats up, what you doing $2
do you like $3

I want to send this data to a text file, i tried

cat << _EOF_


blah blah blah


_EOF_

>> /home/blah/blah.log


any ideas how to achieve this.

Thnaks in advance.

"hello $1 whats up, what you doing $2" > somefile.txt
"do you like $3" >> somefile.txt

would the text be written to file exactley hows its presented in the text, i.e. the overal format, positioning of each sentence.

Thanks

yes, most probably. just try to format the content as you would like to appear in the text file and re-direct in to the file. its more like try and correct thing.

Try it the other way round:

Put the redirection on the same line as the cat command:
cat << _EOF_ >> ~/blah.log

Thanks guys, really helpful stuff, this is why i love being part of this community :)

yeah, we love it too ;)