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Old 10-14-2013
Yes so when calling the script, you can redirect the script's "screen" output to a file using standard UNIX redirection.
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Old 10-14-2013
Figured it out, added a redirect at the end and it works just fine now!.

Thanks once again Scrutinizer, appreciate the prompt responses.
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