lp is not working in a bash script

Question

I have a test script that contains the following:

lp -d HP ~/cap/alpha/error

HP is a designated printer on my wireless network and ~/cap/alpha/error is the full file path to the file containing the report from a python unit test.

The command works from the terminal window but not from the script called test.

I can't figure out why this is not working?

Are you using `lp` with its full path from inside the script or just `lp`? — jgmh, Jul 03 '17 at 23:43
there is a standard unix command named `test`. Get in the habit of making your test scripts with names like `myTest`, or `testR` to eliminate a whole class of debugging problems. ALSO, please be more specific about "does not work". Good luck. — shellter, Jul 03 '17 at 23:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 08 '17 at 04:14

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How to pipe stdout while keeping it on screen ? (and not to a output file) (answer by jilliagre):

echo 'ee' | tee /dev/tty | foo

This answer worked for me as follows:

$ python3 "mytest.py" | tee /dev/tty/ | lp -d brother

printing to both my terminal and my printer.

edited Sep 08 '17 at 04:14

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answered Sep 08 '17 at 03:36

Python Jim

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With a bit more rep, [you will be able to flag duplicate questions like this](https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/comment). Until then, posting links as answers is not really ideal, and they will generally be deleted. – Nathan Tuggy Sep 08 '17 at 04:12

lp is not working in a bash script

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