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I have to redirect STDERR messages both to screen and also capture the same in a file.
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Doubt regarding using "exec" command to redirect the STDERR to a file. e.g I did it this way.
mystage.sh
#!/bin/sh exec 2>stage.err
....
....
cat stage.err
mv: cannot move `/root/stage' to a subdirectory of itself, `/root/stage_old/stage'
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% ls -ld /usr /foo
ls: /foo: No such file or directory
drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 512 May 18 02:49 /usr
% ls -ld /usr /foo 1>/dev/null/
/dev/null/: Not a directory.
% ls -ld /usr /foo 2>/dev/null/
/dev/null/: Not a directory.
^^Why why why doesn't this work for me. Furthermore, where is... (7 Replies)
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./mywrapper.sh "/usr/bin/ps -ef |... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I already searched through the forum and tried to find a answer for my problem but I didn't found a full working solution, thats way I start this new thread and hope, some can help out.
I wonder that I'm not able to find a working solution for the following scenario:
Working in bash I... (8 Replies)
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I need/want to redirect output (stdout, stderr) from an exec call to separate files. One for stderr only and two(!) different (!) ones for the combined output of stderr and stdout.
After some research and testing i got this so far :
(( exec ${command} ${command_parameters} 3>&1... (6 Replies)
I know that
mmmmm 2> error.txt
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>&2
in some scripts, and I can't get it to do anything. A source said it sends stdout and stderr to a file. What file?
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annotate-output
ANNOTATE-OUTPUT(1) General Commands Manual ANNOTATE-OUTPUT(1)NAME
annotate-output - annotate program output with time and stream
SYNOPSIS
annotate-output [options] program [args ...]
DESCRIPTION
annotate-output will execute the specified program, while prepending every line with the current time and O for stdout and E for stderr.
OPTIONS
+FORMAT
Controls the timestamp format, as per date(1). Defaults to "%H:%M:%S".
-h, --help
Display a help message and exit successfully.
EXAMPLE
$ annotate-output make
21:41:21 I: Started make
21:41:21 O: gcc -Wall program.c
21:43:18 E: program.c: Couldn't compile, and took me ages to find out
21:43:19 E: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
21:43:19 E: make: *** [all] Error 1
21:43:19 I: Finished with exitcode 2
BUGS
Since stdout and stderr are processed in parallel, it can happen that some lines received on stdout will show up before later-printed
stderr lines (and vice-versa).
This is unfortunately very hard to fix with the current annotation strategy. A fix would involve switching to PTRACE'ing the process.
Giving nice a (much) higher priority over the executed program could however cause this behaviour to show up less frequently.
The program does not work as well when the output is not linewise. In particular, when an interactive program asks for input, the question
might not be shown until after you have answered it. This will give the impression that the annotated program has hung, while it has not.
SEE ALSO date(1)SUPPORT
This program is community-supported (meaning: you'll need to fix it yourself). Patches are however appreciated, as is any feedback (posi-
tive or negative).
AUTHOR
annotate-output was written by Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> This manpage comes under the same copyright as annotate-output
itself, read /usr/bin/annotate-output (or wherever you install it) for the details.
DEBIAN Debian Utilities ANNOTATE-OUTPUT(1)