oops, meant to say google got "linux tee for stderr" On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Sounds like you need a tee for stderr. I guess you could use it on stdout > for your log but if it makes such a large file, you probably don't want > that. Maybe do a google search on"linux tee for stdout"? > > > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:05 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> Good morning... >> >> What I have: >> I wrote a script that generates a LOOOOOOOONG log file... >> I send stdout and stderr to the same file so I can see errors into >> context. >> >> Problem is: >> I have to find that THERE WAS an error first... >> There are no obvious cues to separate the GOOD messages from the BAD >> messages and scanning a long text file visually is a (sometimes useless) >> challenge. >> >> What I want: >> stdout to one file. >> stderr simultaneously out to 2 files. >> I want to keep my log as it is (again, errors into context), but I also >> want >> to output a parallel log with ERRORS only. >> In other words: >> One log captures only errors, so I know that something failed and, >> another log captures EVERYTHING so I know WHERE it failed. >> >> I know this is possible, but I am already dizzy trying to make sense of >> the >> redirection reading. >> Thanks! >> ET >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson