Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-26 Thread Javier Barroso
I forget the semicolon: { time sudo echo 'hi mon' ; } 2> file.log On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Javier Barroso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Eugene V. Lyubimkin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Brian McKee wrote: >> ... >>> Can someone explain the redirection goi

Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-26 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Eugene V. Lyubimkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian McKee wrote: > ... >> Can someone explain the redirection going on here in a way I can grok? > 'time' writes output to stderr, use "time sudo echo 'hi mom' 2>&1" I would use: { time sudo echo 'hi mon' } 2> fil

Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-26 Thread Brian McKee
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >time sudo (echo 'hi mom' | tee | logger -f /var/log/hiMom) ==> time sudo (echo 'hi mom' | tee | logger -f /var/log/hiMom) -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `echo' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-09-24 09:59:26, schrieb Brian McKee: > Hi All > > I regularly run a script with time and sudo. e.g. > > time sudo echo 'hi mom' > > I've set up the sudoers file so that one script (represented in my > example as `echo`) can be run as sudo by my user account without a > password prompt. >

Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-24 Thread Brian McKee
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Eugene V. Lyubimkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian McKee wrote: >> I regularly run a script with time and sudo. e.g. >>> time sudo echo 'hi mom' > [snip] >> Now I want to log the entire output to a log file as well as display >> it on the screen. >>> time sudo

Re: logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-24 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Brian McKee wrote: > Hi All > > I regularly run a script with time and sudo. e.g. >> time sudo echo 'hi mom' [snip] > Now I want to log the entire output to a log file as well as display > it on the screen. >> time sudo echo 'hi mom' | tee | logger -f /var/log/hiMom > > Only that doesn't work :-

logging a bash script using sudo and time

2008-09-24 Thread Brian McKee
Hi All I regularly run a script with time and sudo. e.g. > time sudo echo 'hi mom' I've set up the sudoers file so that one script (represented in my example as `echo`) can be run as sudo by my user account without a password prompt. Now I want to log the entire output to a log file as well as