This happens because the redirection has higher precedence than the rest of the operations so in the second case the file f1 is emptied before the cat command executes. If you want to achieve the same with redirection you'll need something like this:
hi, new to to forum...
i've been trying to create a script in tcsh but i'm having a problem with one thing...
the script has to keep log of it's input and output so i'm using
tee -a log | script | tee -a log
this keeps the logs as asked, but it gives me an extra empty prompt (not in the... (0 Replies)
Hi,
Is there anyway to duplicate output without using tee?
Let me explain the problem.
We are use ssh to login to remote server and save output to a file using tee commands for auditing purposes. When we use vi editor in ssh session, letters get garbled and cant really use vi. Without tee it... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I would like to process, filter the same ASCII asynchronous live data stream in more than one pipe pipeline.
So the one pipeline should filter out some records using grep key word
and more than one pipes pipelines
each should grep for another key words, each set seperately for each... (5 Replies)
I'm redirecting the output of a command to a logfile, however, if the user is on a terminal I would also like the output to be displayed on the screen.
tar tvf some_tarfile >Logfile
if the user is on a term then have the output to the Logfile and also be displayed on the screen at the same... (2 Replies)
Hi there
I have a script that runs but it outputs everything onto the screen instead of a file.
I've tried using the > outputfile.txt however all it does is dump the output to the screen and creates an outputfile.txt but doesn't put anything in that file.
Any help would be appreciated
... (6 Replies)
Hi,
When I run the following command in terminal it works. The string TEST is appended to a file silently.
echo TEST | tee -a file.txt &>/dev/null
However, when I paste this same line to a file, say shell1.sh, and use bourne shell .
I run this file in terminal, ./shell1.sh.
However I... (1 Reply)
We have an application here that does some table queries and then prints the result on screen. I do not have the code of this application (which i will just call "queryCommand"), but what it does is that you call it with some parameters and it prints some info about the query and then the... (5 Replies)
Hello i am trying to write a script that will redirect the output to a certain file. Here is the code so far:
#!/bin/bash
ps -e | sort | more > psfile
When I execute the script nothing happens since i assume the output was redirected to the file called psfile. When I try to look at the... (1 Reply)
Hi
I am making a script where i want to redirect the output of ls -l to a file
Example
#ls -l fil1.txt > /opt/temp/a.txt
ac: No such file or directory
I want to capture output of this command
like here output is
ac: No such file or directory
can anyone help (4 Replies)
Hi all
I was wondering if there was a slicker way of doing this without the file -
awk '{print $2}' FS=":" "${FILE}" > "${TMPFILE}"
{
read M_GRP_ID || m_fail 1 "Error: Read failed 1 (${FUNCNAME})"
read M_GRP_WAIT || m_fail 1 "Error: Read failed 2 (${FUNCNAME})"
}... (6 Replies)
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gnomevfs-cat
gnomevfs-cat(1) User Commands gnomevfs-cat(1)NAME
gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system
SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-cat URI
DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
URI Specifies the file location in standard URI format.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server
example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com
Example 2: Cat a Local File
example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 gnomevfs-cat(1)