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Old 01-27-2009
Putting echoed text into a new file

Hi,

I've set up a script so that a user answers questions, and then these answers come back onto the screen accompanied by text that I've echoed. Is there a way of putting this into a new file?


Thanks
# 2  
Old 01-27-2009
Simple shell redirection can put text into a new file.
Code:
echo "text" > newfile

# 3  
Old 01-27-2009
thanks!

so if I had several lines of echoed text, I'd put that after after line? Or after the whole block?
# 4  
Old 01-27-2009
This erases what is in "somefile" and puts "Something in it"
Code:
echo "Something" > somefile

This appends "Something" to "somefile"
Code:
echo "Something" >> somefile

# 5  
Old 01-27-2009
Is there a way to doit so that it copies it rather than moving it?

So I have

echo "blah blah blah"
echo "blah blah"
echo "blah blah blah blah"
echo "blah blah blah"

and I'd like to copy all of that output to a new file, but still having it displayed on the screen.
# 6  
Old 01-27-2009
Code:
echo "blah blah blah" | tee somefile
echo "blah blah" | tee -a somefile
echo "blah blah blah blah" | tee -a somefile
echo "blah blah blah" | tee -a somefile

# 7  
Old 01-27-2009
look into 'man tee'
 
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