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# 1  
Old 08-16-2007
perl - print to a log file and screen

as the title suggests, i need to print a user message to a log file and the screen using perl.

in unix i set up a function using 'tee' like so

Code:
function Display_Message
{
    echo "$*" | tee -ai $LOGFILE
}

the following command then obviously displays to the screen and prints to a log file.

Display_Message "Error: something gone wrong"

how can i do something similar in perl?
# 2  
Old 08-16-2007
Tmtowtdi

Just loop through the filehandles you want to print to.

$file='/tmp/logfile';
open LOGFILE ,">>$file" or die "can't open $file: $!";
@t=qw/STDOUT LOGFILE/;
for (@t){
print $_ `echo $$`;
}

You can do this in a oneliner aswell, but this should be easier to understand.
I'm sure there is simpler ways and maybe even some module that has the equivalent functionality tee.
# 3  
Old 08-17-2007
thanks, i'll try your solution out and see if there are any modules.
# 4  
Old 08-17-2007
If you meant to do some logging, consider using a more sophisticated logger mechanism, such as log4perl, described here:

perl.com: Retire your debugger, log smartly with Log::Log4perl!
# 5  
Old 08-20-2007
Here are two Perl modules that you may find useful:
1. Tee - Pure Perl emulation of GNU tee
Tee - Pure Perl emulation of GNU tee - search.cpan.org

2. IO::Tee - Multiplex output to multiple output handles
IO::Tee - Multiplex output to multiple output handles - search.cpan.org
# 6  
Old 08-21-2007
i decided to keep it simple.

Code:
open (STDOUT, "| tee -ai log.txt");
print "blah blah"
close (STDOUT);

thanks for replying everyone,

matt
# 7  
Old 08-21-2007
nice solution
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