07-01-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pravfraz
hi folks,
In the following code, logfile remains empty.
Code:
log_file="/u/Sc/prav.log.$mon$day"
ps -ef | grep "myprocess"| awk -v logfile=$log_file '{
system("date >> logfile")
}'
can u please help as how to log the date to that logfile.
thanks in advance! |
- why do you need awk? Cannot you use file redirection instead?
- If you do need awk, why do you need 'grep'? Awk can do it all.
- ps -ef | awk -v logfile="${log_file}" '/myprocess/{cmd="date >> " logfile; system(cmd); close(cmd)}"
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