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Devin Dixon
Devin Dixon

Reputation: 12403

Write output of bash script to file with date

I'm trying to create a log file of a bash script that is run with the data. I currently have this:

bash script.sh > /var/log/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M.log

The problem is the log file actual writes %Y-%m-%d_%H:%M and not the date. Is there way to get the date to actually write out the date by only running it in the console?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 19467

Answers (1)

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298206

Pass that string to date:

bash script.sh > "/var/log/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M).log"

Upvotes: 21

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