quoted print?

[Leonardo Helman]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:57:47PM -0500, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 10:09:10AM -0300, Leonardo Helman wrote:
> > Probably you want something like:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > (echo This is a script
> >
> > exec 2>&1
> >
> > echo This is line 1
> > ls
> > ypmatch wibble ecsinfo # This will produce stderr output
> > echo This is the end.
> > ) | tee file.log
> >
> >
> > No spaces between first parenthesys and next char.
>
> This executes the contents of the () in a subshell, correct?
yes
nice feature to group commands

>
> from man bash:
>    (list) list is executed in a subshell. Variable assignments and
>           builtin commands that affect the shell's environment do not
>           remain in effect after the command completes. The return
>           status is the exit status of list.
>
> So everything but the pipe to tee goes inside the ()? I'm not trying to
> be pedantic here, just hoping to clarify my own understanding.
all but | inside (), you could do "(xx) 2>&1 | tee also"


>
> Thanks,
> Eric Rz.
>
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