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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Execute a command with root user Post 302987877 by Scrutinizer on Saturday 17th of December 2016 12:36:31 AM
Old 12-17-2016
sudo is not a shell and therefore does not understand redirection (>>/etc/logger) and when you pass the command cat /tmp/tmp.file >>/etc/logger to it in quotes, it sees >>/etc/logger as part of the command name. Instead what you could do is use sudo to run a shell who does this for you:
Code:
sudo bash -c 'cat /tmp/tmp.file >>/etc/logger'

Similar to what Corona688 suggested, if cat /tmp/tmp.file >>/etc/logger is part of a shell script, then you could use sudo /path/to/script to make it happen, since running a script will invoke a new shell that will run as root and that will interpret that shell script.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-17-2016 at 01:44 AM..
 

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loggerappender

logger::appender(n)					 Object Oriented logging facility				       logger::appender(n)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       logger::appender - Collection of predefined appenders for logger

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require logger::appender  ?1.2?

       ::logger::appender::console -level level -service service ?options...?

       ::logger::appender::colorConsole -level level -service service ?options...?

_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This package provides a predefined set of logger templates.

       ::logger::appender::console -level level -service service ?options...?

	      -level level
		     Name of the level to fill in as "priority" in the log procedure.

	      -service service
		     Name of the service to fill in as "category" in the log procedure.

	      -appenderArgs appenderArgs
		     Any additional arguments for the log procedure in list form

	      -conversionPattern conversionPattern
		     The log pattern to use (see logger::utils::createLogProc for the allowed substitutions).

	      -procName procName
		     Explicitly set the name of the created procedure.

	      -procNameVar procNameVar
		     Name of the variable to set in the calling context. This variable will contain the name of the procedure.

       ::logger::appender::colorConsole -level level -service service ?options...?
	      See ::logger::appender::colorConsole for a description of the applicable options.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This  document,	and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.  Please report such in the category logger
       of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       appender, logger

CATEGORY

       Programming tools

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005 Aamer Akhter <aakhter@cisco.com>

log									1.2						       logger::appender(n)
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