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Old 08-18-2010
How to capture output to log file

Hi
I have a script that will run multiple unix & sql commands. I want to see the output as well as capture it to a log file for further analysis. Is there an easy way to do that instead of adding "tee -a logfile" on everyline or even on the execute line (i.e. script | tee -s logfile).

Thanks
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Old 08-18-2010
The 'exec' command can be used to reopen file descriptors, letting you point them wherever you please. Here I feed stdout into a fifo, so tee can read it.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# Create a fifo
mkfifo /tmp/$$

# Create a background process to read it
tee out.log < /tmp/$$ &
# Redirect stdout into it
exec 1>/tmp/$$
# Uncomment this line to capture stderr as well.
# exec 1>&2

# Delete the fifo now, before we forget
rm /tmp/$$

for ((N=0; N<100; N++))
do
        echo "$N"
done

# close stdout
exec 1>&-
# close stderr too if you redirected it
# exec 2>&-
# wait for tee to quit
wait

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