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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Echo cannot redirect first or second output to logfile Post 302895395 by duke0001 on Monday 31st of March 2014 03:45:53 PM
Old 03-31-2014
Echo cannot redirect first or second output to logfile
I created a script to do some work. I want to use "echo" to redirect "date" to log file. echo works to screen. But cannot redirect first or second "echo" output to logfile. Please help. My code looks like:
Code:
STARTTIME=`date +%m-%d-%Y`
LOGFILE=/directory/logfile.log
echo "Start time:" $STARTTIME
echo "--------------------" > $LOGFILE
echo "Stert time:" $STARTTIME >> $LOGFILE
echo "Delete file" 
echo "Delete file" >> $LOGFILE
....
....
ENDTIME=`date +%m-%d-%Y`
echo "End time:" $ENDTIME
echo "End time:" $ENDTIME >> $LOGFILE

the script runs ok. but starttime and delete file output cannot be directed to logfile. All other echo output can be output on screen and be redirected to logfile. I cannot figure out why this happen. I searched online and cannot find good answer. Please adsvise and thanks a lot.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

noecho

echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME

       echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include  -L	/usr/xpg4/lib 
	-R  /usr/xpg4/lib  -lcurses  [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int echo(void);

       int noecho(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  echo()  function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
       curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control  soft-
       ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    5 Jun 2002							    echo(3XCURSES)
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