redirecting the output of a script to a file

[Ankush Grover]

Hey friends,

I have written one script for running the clamav every nite.I have
attached the script along with this mail.I want to redirect the
messages generated by this script on the standard ouput to a file.

When I ran the script few messages where flashing on the standard
ouput .I want to redirect those messages to a file.

Please guide me how to do this.

Thanks & Regards

Ankush Grover

[Paul Howarth]

Ankush Grover wrote:
> Hey friends,
>
> I have written one script for running the clamav every nite.I have
> attached the script along with this mail.I want to redirect the
> messages generated by this script on the standard ouput to a file.
>
> When I ran the script few messages where flashing on the standard
> ouput .I want to redirect those messages to a file.
>
> Please guide me how to do this.

This is elementary scripting. In bash (or sh), just use the ">" operator.

./scan > /path/to/file.stdout

If you get output on standard error, you can redirect them separately:

./scan > /path/to/file.stdout 2> /path/to/file.stderr

Or you can write them to the same file:

./scan > /path/to/file.both 2>&1

P.S. There's a backslash that shouldn't be there at the end of your script.

Paul.

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 05:20:59PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> If you get output on standard error, you can redirect them separately:
> ./scan > /path/to/file.stdout 2> /path/to/file.stderr
> Or you can write them to the same file:
> ./scan > /path/to/file.both 2>&1

Or with

./scan &> /path/to/file.both

(a bash-ism, I think).