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So I am trying to echo a string out to a log file and also pass that echo'd string over to a function along with other arguments as well. I can't seem to figure out how to do it or find any answers on here. Here is what I have



#!/bin/bash



test() {

   INPUT=$(cat)

   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"

}



echo "TEST2" > test.log | cat | test "Hi " "John"


My Output



IT WORKED  Hi  John





bash shell-script shell echo bash-functions







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  • splitting output usually requires something like tee
    – thrig
    2 hours ago










  • I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
    – llea123
    2 hours ago










  • The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
    – G-Man
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So I am trying to echo a string out to a log file and also pass that echo'd string over to a function along with other arguments as well. I can't seem to figure out how to do it or find any answers on here. Here is what I have



#!/bin/bash



test() {

   INPUT=$(cat)

   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"

}



echo "TEST2" > test.log | cat | test "Hi " "John"


My Output



IT WORKED  Hi  John





bash shell-script shell echo bash-functions







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  • splitting output usually requires something like tee
    – thrig
    2 hours ago










  • I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
    – llea123
    2 hours ago










  • The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
    – G-Man
    1 hour ago














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So I am trying to echo a string out to a log file and also pass that echo'd string over to a function along with other arguments as well. I can't seem to figure out how to do it or find any answers on here. Here is what I have



#!/bin/bash



test() {

   INPUT=$(cat)

   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"

}



echo "TEST2" > test.log | cat | test "Hi " "John"


My Output



IT WORKED  Hi  John





bash shell-script shell echo bash-functions







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So I am trying to echo a string out to a log file and also pass that echo'd string over to a function along with other arguments as well. I can't seem to figure out how to do it or find any answers on here. Here is what I have



#!/bin/bash



test() {

   INPUT=$(cat)

   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"

}



echo "TEST2" > test.log | cat | test "Hi " "John"


My Output



IT WORKED  Hi  John





bash shell-script shell echo bash-functions




bash shell-script shell echo bash-functions






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  • splitting output usually requires something like tee
    – thrig
    2 hours ago










  • I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
    – llea123
    2 hours ago










  • The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
    – G-Man
    1 hour ago


















  • splitting output usually requires something like tee
    – thrig
    2 hours ago










  • I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
    – llea123
    2 hours ago










  • The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
    – G-Man
    1 hour ago
















splitting output usually requires something like tee
– thrig
2 hours ago




splitting output usually requires something like tee
– thrig
2 hours ago












I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
– llea123
2 hours ago




I tried working with tee as well, however I wasn't able to get it. Something like echo "TEST2" | tee test.log > test "Hi " "John didn't work
– llea123
2 hours ago












The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
– G-Man
1 hour ago




The whole point of tee is to have its standard output be a pipe.  If you say tee (filename) > test …, that will create a file called test, which is not what you want. P.S. Put everything that you tried into the question.
– G-Man
1 hour ago










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test() {

   INPUT=$(cat)

   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"

}

echo TEST2 | tee test.log  | test Hi John


output: IT WORKED TEST2 Hi John



test.log contents: TEST2






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    test() {
    
   INPUT=$(cat)
    
   echo "IT WORKED $INPUT $1 $2"
    
}
    
echo TEST2 | tee test.log  | test Hi John


    output: IT WORKED TEST2 Hi John



    test.log contents: TEST2






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