I'm trying to redirect the output of my script and it needs to be called inside the script.
filename=uname -a
filename="$filename" date
2>&1 | tee $filename".txt"
That is what I have so far, but it's obviously wrong. I don't know too much SH scripting, so help is appreciated
-Alex
filename=uname -a filename="$filename" date 2>&1 | tee $filename".txt"... If you look at the code I posted above I'm trying to dynamically name the log and use tee to print to both the console and the command line.
I think you're looking for something like this:
filename="$(uname -n)-$(date +%F).txt"
{
dostuff
domorestuff
} 2>&1 | tee "$filename"
its wrong because you are not assigning your variables properly. Assuming date is GNU date, and not some "date" function you created. you might be looking for. Use $() syntax to execute commands and put to variable.
filename="$(uname -a)$(date)"
By the way, are you sure you want to use uname -a for filename ? you might also want to consider formatting your date like date +%Y%m%d-%H%m%s for example.
You should just print everything to console with echo. Then you can redirect that to a log. For example:
# my_file.sh
echo "Doing stuff"
# Do stuff
# Invocation:
my_file.sh > my_log.log
This gives you the most flexibility and elegance.
You can also write to log directly from script, like:
# my_file.sh
echo "Doing stuff" > my_log.log
# Do stuff
