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Perro Fiel answered on November 18, 2020 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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#!/bin/bash
echo "This logs to where I want, but using echo" > /var/log/mycustomlog

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#!/bin/bash
echo "I will just append to my custom log file" >> /var/log/customlog

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Contributed on Nov 18 2020

Perro Fiel

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#!/bin/bash

# Log Location on Server.
LOG_LOCATION=/home/user/scripts/logs
exec > >(tee -i $LOG_LOCATION/MylogFile.log)
exec 2>&1

echo "Log Location should be: [ $LOG_LOCATION ]"

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Contributed on Nov 25 2022

Girard Paolo Borla

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#!/bin/bash

STATUSFILE=x.out
LOGFILE=x.log

### All output to screen
### Do nothing, this is the default


### All Output to one file, nothing to the screen
#exec > ${LOGFILE} 2>&1


### All output to one file and all output to the screen
#exec > >(tee ${LOGFILE}) 2>&1


### All output to one file, STDOUT to the screen
#exec > >(tee -a ${LOGFILE}) 2> >(tee -a ${LOGFILE} >/dev/null)


### All output to one file, STDERR to the screen
### Note you need both of these lines for this to work
#exec 3>&1
#exec > >(tee -a ${LOGFILE} >/dev/null) 2> >(tee -a ${LOGFILE} >&3)


### STDOUT to STATUSFILE, stderr to LOGFILE, nothing to the screen
#exec > ${STATUSFILE} 2>${LOGFILE}


### STDOUT to STATUSFILE, stderr to LOGFILE and all output to the screen
#exec > >(tee ${STATUSFILE}) 2> >(tee ${LOGFILE} >&2)


### STDOUT to STATUSFILE and screen, STDERR to LOGFILE
#exec > >(tee ${STATUSFILE}) 2>${LOGFILE}


### STDOUT to STATUSFILE, STDERR to LOGFILE and screen
#exec > ${STATUSFILE} 2> >(tee ${LOGFILE} >&2)


echo "This is a test"
ls -l sdgshgswogswghthb_this_file_will_not_exist_so_we_get_output_to_stderr_aronkjegralhfaff
ls -l ${0}

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