I have a shell script with lots of echo in it I would like to redirect the output to a logfile I know there is the command call cmd gt logfile txt or to do it in the file echo xy gt logfile txt but is it possible to simply set the filename in the script which then automatically writes all echo s to this file

You can add this line on top of your script bin bash redirect stdout stderr to a file exec amp gt logfile txt OR else to redirect only stdout use exec gt logfile txt

Redirect echo output in shell script to logfile

The Solution to Redirect echo output in shell script to logfile is

You can add this line on top of your script:

#!/bin/bash
# redirect stdout/stderr to a file
exec &> logfile.txt

OR else to redirect only stdout use:

exec > logfile.txt

~ Answered on 2014-09-14 13:24:03

Redirect echo output in shell script to logfile

The Solution to Redirect echo output in shell script to logfile is

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