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Old 08-03-2011
echo and redirection
I am trying to write a simple script which prints some output, but also saves the same in a logfile.


Code:
echo hello
echo hello >> logfile

Is there anyway i Can write single sentence of code and get the same result:
( i am using CSH )
# 2  
Old 08-03-2011
Code:
echo hello | tee -a logfile

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Old 08-03-2011
Thankyou!!! Smilie
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Old 08-03-2011
Use the tee(1) program as suggested by yazu and put everything inside curly brackets if you have many commands:

Code:
{

echo hello
echo how are you?
echo i am fine

} | tee -a logfile.log

this will save you from writing redundant redirections to the same file in every command.
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Old 08-04-2011
Thanks, its even better!!
 
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