Comments on: Linux: Create Text File on Linux Shell / Command Line http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-tip-create-append-temporary-file-without-editor/ If !1 0 | Linux and Development Guides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 help By: JR http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-tip-create-append-temporary-file-without-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-20809 JR Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:52:44 +0000 http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/?p=825#comment-20809 Hi john, You can do following to get your command output to file: <pre lang="bash"> ## Create new file ## command > /path/to/file.txt ## Append to file ## command >> /path/to/file.txt </pre> Real example: <pre lang="bash"> ## Create new file ## ls -la /var/log > /tmp/var-log.txt ## Append to file ## ls -la /var/log >> /tmp/var-log.txt </pre> Hi john,

You can do following to get your command output to file:

## Create new file ##
command > /path/to/file.txt
 
## Append to file ##
command >> /path/to/file.txt

Real example:

## Create new file ##
ls -la /var/log > /tmp/var-log.txt
 
## Append to file ##
ls -la /var/log >> /tmp/var-log.txt
]]> By: john http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-tip-create-append-temporary-file-without-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-20804 john Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/?p=825#comment-20804 How could you copy the text in the shell to a file. Say I run a series of commands. Such as wget, tar. ./configure, make, make install. I want to save all the messages in a file. How could you copy the text in the shell to a file. Say I run a series of commands. Such as wget, tar. ./configure, make, make install. I want to save all the messages in a file.

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