Prepend TimeStamp to STDERR & STDOUT to a file


 
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Old 07-23-2012
Prepend TimeStamp to STDERR & STDOUT to a file

Currently I am redirecting STDERR and STDOUT to a log file by doing the following

Code:
{
My KSH script contents
}  2>&1 | $DEBUGLOG

Problem is the STDERR & STDOUT do not have any date/time associated.

I want this to be something that i can embed into a script opposed to an argument I use when i run the script because non-technical users are running these so I have to keep what they are doing to a bare minimum.

EDIT: Needs to work on RedHat, Solaris & HP-UX

Last edited by nitrobass24; 07-23-2012 at 02:21 PM..
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Old 07-23-2012
What's your system?
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Old 07-23-2012
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Originally Posted by Corona688
What's your system?
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Old 07-23-2012
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Old 07-23-2012
About the only thing that's going to work the same way in all three is perl.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use POSIX qw(strftime);


while(!eof(STDIN))
{
        $line=<STDIN>;
        print strftime("%F %T ", localtime), $line;
}

Redirect a stream through this script and it will add timestamps to it.
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