concat command 'output'

[Concentric]

Im still a linux noob.
I have a command with a bunch of flags that outputs to the screen with info as it runs.
Id like to append that text to a log file.

rclone move ~/docs/legal GDrive:Sort/legal --delete-empty-src-dirs>>/home/hd14/davidc75/apps/log.txt

Does this look correct?
Thanks

 

[Sinbad]

That will redirect standard out, yes.

If you also want stderr to go to the file, add 2>&1 to the end (with a space after .txt)

 

[Concentric]

that would be error messages im assuming?

 

[Sinbad]

that would be error messages im assuming?

Depends how the app is written to be honest.
There are two output streams from a unix process - stdout and stderr.

Generally yes, errors to stderr

 

[Concentric]

ok thanks. Just 'discoverd' linux. Its so powerful. cant believe its not widely used.

 

[Sinbad]

ok thanks. Just 'discoverd' linux. Its so powerful. camt believe ots not widely used.

Oh it is... you just don't see it

 

[Sinbad]

Oh, another tip for you, since you're new...

> will recreate the file
>> will append to the file.

 

[Concentric]

i know it used for servers and backend use. im talking your aveage user

 

[Nod]

Can also pipe to the "tee" command that output while logging to file. Example: <command> | tee out.log