> pjodrr wrote: > It would be nice if you explained what it is you're attempting to do, rather > than ask for a solution for what you're thinking would do that.
To be honest that is the first thing he (tried to) do:
pjodrr wrote:
> how can I prefix every line of output of some command with a
> timestamp?
What is wrong with the following:
prefix_with_date ()
{
while read; do
printf '%s: %s\n' "$(date)" "$REPLY";
done
}
seq 4 | prefix_with_date
ls | prefix_with_date
