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Subject: RE: echo in Scripts
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Do the echos display to the terminal if you run it from the command line and
don't redirect the output?

> I'm starting a script and directing the output to a file.  This is the
> command:
> 
> /usr/local/sbin/lynx-dyn.sh >> /var/log/lynx_dns_update.log
> 
> In the script (amongst other things), I have lines like this:
> 
> echo "Some meaningful output"
> 
> The script runs and the commands execute but my logfile never 
> shows the echo
> command output.  Can anyone tell me why and what I need to do 
> to fix it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Drew

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