Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:17:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> To: Chris Phillips <Chris@furrie.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pushing commands to the background Message-ID: <20030317211356.C38163@thor.65535.net> In-Reply-To: <004001c2ecc9$6cd20500$1508060a@furrie.net> References: <004001c2ecc9$6cd20500$1508060a@furrie.net>
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Chris Phillips wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm not sure if it's exactly "On Topic" (I bet you'll let me know!), but > here goes... > > I work in technical support, for a FreeBSD based, Internet Appliance & > am after a way to gather some network quality information. > > I'd like to run some commands, one after another, have the output(s) > added (appended) to a file, then, when all is complete, have that file > sent to my email address. I can then compile the data & make some sense > of it, maybe... > > Stuff like: - > > hostname > uptime > ping -c 100 ftp.furrie.net > traceroute ftp.furrie.net > Well you can do something like (hostname ; uptime ; ping ; traceroute ) > file You might also find the tee command useful Rgds Rus -- http://www.65535.net | MSN: support@65535.net | e: rghf@65535.net "More bits for your bite" Lifetime FreeBSD + Linux Hosting and Shell Accounts Please respect RFC1855 and don't top post To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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