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Write to file
Name: Diaz Date: February 11, 2002 at 21:26:12 Pacific
Comment:
Hello i'm still new of using unix shell commands i'm gonna build a simple shell script that write to some file like "logs.txt" everytime the script is executed. the string that is going to be written to the file is static like "Succeed written to logs.txt"
how can i manage the write to file script ? thanks
Name: kendel Date: February 12, 2002 at 05:17:54 Pacific
Reply:
hi diaz,
try to redirect output to your logfile
write command > logs.txt k
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Response Number 2
Name: James Boothe Date: February 12, 2002 at 06:07:21 Pacific
Reply:
The echo or print command is typical used for that, and as kendel states, redirect the output of the command to your file. The first command below will overwrite any existing file and start a new file, while the second command will either start a new file (if no file already) or will append to an existing file:
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