Add entry for a logfile

How can I add a logfile line to the following bash file?

#!/bin/sh

if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null
then
 echo "cccam... ok"
else
 echo "cccam... restarting"
 /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 &
fi

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

What do you mean by add a logfile line? Do you want to send the echo stuff to your logfile instead to stdout?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:00

I mean:see a log file e.g in tmp or else only" if the program has been restarted"

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 14:19

Sorry, still did not get what you actually want to achieve. Do you just want to create an empty file in /tmp? Or do you want to put some information there?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:40

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How can I add a logfile line to the following bash file?

#!/bin/sh

if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null
then
 echo "cccam... ok"
else
 echo "cccam... restarting"
 /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 &
fi

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

What do you mean by add a logfile line? Do you want to send the echo stuff to your logfile instead to stdout?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:00

I mean:see a log file e.g in tmp or else only" if the program has been restarted"

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 14:19

Sorry, still did not get what you actually want to achieve. Do you just want to create an empty file in /tmp? Or do you want to put some information there?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:40

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How can I add a logfile line to the following bash file?

#!/bin/sh

if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null
then
 echo "cccam... ok"
else
 echo "cccam... restarting"
 /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 &
fi

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

How can I add a logfile line to the following bash file?

#!/bin/sh

if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null
then
 echo "cccam... ok"
else
 echo "cccam... restarting"
 /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 &
fi

scripting logs

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

edited Jan 27 at 15:19

Jeff Schaller

41.5k1056131

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

asked Jan 27 at 13:48

ddinc

What do you mean by add a logfile line? Do you want to send the echo stuff to your logfile instead to stdout?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:00

I mean:see a log file e.g in tmp or else only" if the program has been restarted"

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 14:19

Sorry, still did not get what you actually want to achieve. Do you just want to create an empty file in /tmp? Or do you want to put some information there?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:40

add a comment |

What do you mean by add a logfile line? Do you want to send the echo stuff to your logfile instead to stdout?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:00

I mean:see a log file e.g in tmp or else only" if the program has been restarted"

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 14:19

Sorry, still did not get what you actually want to achieve. Do you just want to create an empty file in /tmp? Or do you want to put some information there?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:40

What do you mean by add a logfile line? Do you want to send the echo stuff to your logfile instead to stdout?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:00

I mean:see a log file e.g in tmp or else only" if the program has been restarted"

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 14:19

Sorry, still did not get what you actually want to achieve. Do you just want to create an empty file in /tmp? Or do you want to put some information there?

– Thomas
Jan 27 at 14:40

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I believe you want to use logger command like here:

root@dst:~# logger "Hello log stuff."
root@dst:~# grep Hello /var/log/messages 
Jan 27 16:32:42 dst root: Hello log stuff.

man logger provides nice options too.

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

add a comment |

I think you can also add -x with shell script and redirect that to a logfile. I use it to log and debug few shell scripts

Something like this

sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

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I believe you want to use logger command like here:

root@dst:~# logger "Hello log stuff."
root@dst:~# grep Hello /var/log/messages 
Jan 27 16:32:42 dst root: Hello log stuff.

man logger provides nice options too.

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

add a comment |

I believe you want to use logger command like here:

root@dst:~# logger "Hello log stuff."
root@dst:~# grep Hello /var/log/messages 
Jan 27 16:32:42 dst root: Hello log stuff.

man logger provides nice options too.

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

add a comment |

I believe you want to use logger command like here:

root@dst:~# logger "Hello log stuff."
root@dst:~# grep Hello /var/log/messages 
Jan 27 16:32:42 dst root: Hello log stuff.

man logger provides nice options too.

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

I believe you want to use logger command like here:

root@dst:~# logger "Hello log stuff."
root@dst:~# grep Hello /var/log/messages 
Jan 27 16:32:42 dst root: Hello log stuff.

man logger provides nice options too.

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

answered Jan 27 at 15:37

Radek Radek

514

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

add a comment |

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

@Thomas.Should be a file in tmp with only the date and time when the process was restarted

– ddinc
Jan 27 at 17:05

@ddinc logger uses the standard logging facility - an excellent suggestion given you only said you wanted a log line, and didn't specify it had to be a suboptimal home-grown solution.

– roaima
Jan 27 at 17:08

sorry for causing misunderstanding.but I still don't know how to put a logger command everytime ""echo "cccam... restarting""" occurs.

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 9:08

add line: logger "cccam... restarting"

– Radek Radek
Jan 28 at 10:04

add a comment |

I think you can also add -x with shell script and redirect that to a logfile. I use it to log and debug few shell scripts

Something like this

sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

add a comment |

I think you can also add -x with shell script and redirect that to a logfile. I use it to log and debug few shell scripts

Something like this

sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

add a comment |

I think you can also add -x with shell script and redirect that to a logfile. I use it to log and debug few shell scripts

Something like this

sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

I think you can also add -x with shell script and redirect that to a logfile. I use it to log and debug few shell scripts

Something like this

sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

answered Jan 28 at 17:00

Atul

3502518

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

add a comment |

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

Thanks for the replies

– ddinc
Jan 28 at 18:07

don't know if I got it right but both suggestions produce no logs #!/bin/sh if ps x |grep -v grep |grep -c cccam_2.3.2 >/dev/null then echo "cccam... ok" else echo "cccam... restarting" /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 & sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log fi

– ddinc
Jan 29 at 9:29

@ddinc what do you see if you run the sh -x your_script.sh 2> logfile.log outside the script. This should create a log of the shell script while its running into the logfile you mention in the same location.

– Atul
Jan 29 at 15:19

get this:root@dm820:/var/bin# sh -x cccam.sh 2> logfile.log cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# cccam.sh cccam... ok root@dm820:/var/bin# no log though

– ddinc
Jan 30 at 8:20

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory

I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

[root@localhost ~]# sh -x shell.sh 2> log cccam... restarting [root@localhost ~]# cat log + grep -v grep + ps x + grep -c cccam_2.3.2 + echo 'cccam... restarting' + /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2 shell.sh: line 8: /var/bin/cccam_2.3.2: No such file or directory

I did a small test on one my VM using your code and see a log like this. I didnt had the right files so i got error. Is this close to what you need ?

– Atul
Jan 30 at 10:50

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