services output oddity
 

Dave Stevens wrote:
> # service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt
> [ ? ] anacron
> [ ? ] console-screen.sh
[...]
> given the command line above I would have expected the output text to
> go into a file called servicesrunning.txt, not on screen. But the
> above output is the screen text.
>
> There IS text in the new file servicesrunning.txt, like this:
>
> dave@cl28810:~$ cat servicesrunning.txt
> [ + ] apache2
> [ + ] bind9
[...]

What you see on the screen is sent to the standard error while the
standard output is sent to your text file. If you want to have both in
the same file, use this command:

service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt 2>&1

That way the standard error is redirected to the standard output and
both are redirected to your text file.


Nils

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services output oddity
 

Quoting Nils Kassube <kassube@gmx.net>:


Dave Stevens wrote:

# service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt
[ ? ] anacron
[ ? ] console-screen.sh

[...]

given the command line above I would have expected the output text to
go into a file called servicesrunning.txt, not on screen. But the
above output is the screen text.

There IS text in the new file servicesrunning.txt, like this:

dave@cl28810:~$ cat servicesrunning.txt
[ + ] apache2
[ + ] bind9

[...]

What you see on the screen is sent to the standard error while the
standard output is sent to your text file. If you want to have both in
the same file, use this command:

service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt 2>&1

That way the standard error is redirected to the standard output and
both are redirected to your text file.


Nils


yes, that works nicely, thanks very much.

Dave



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services output oddity
 

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@uniserve.com> wrote:
>
> It's handy to check that some service or other is up and running without
> necessarily invoking the service. Enter the U10.04 service command.
>
> # service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt
> *[ ? ] *anacron
> *[ ? ] *console-screen.sh
> *[ ? ] *cron
> *[ ? ] *fetchmail
> *[ ? ] *hostname
> *[ ? ] *hwclock
> *[ ? ] *hwclock-save
> *[ ? ] *keymap.sh
> *[ ? ] *killprocs
> *[ ? ] *libpam-foreground
> *[ ? ] *mailman
> *[ ? ] *module-init-tools
> *[ ? ] *modules_dep.sh
> *[ ? ] *mysql
> *[ ? ] *network-interface
> *[ ? ] *network-interface-security
> *[ ? ] *networking
> *[ ? ] *nmbd
> *[ ? ] *ondemand
> *[ ? ] *plymouth
> *[ ? ] *plymouth-log
> *[ ? ] *plymouth-splash
> *[ ? ] *plymouth-stop
> *[ ? ] *portmap
> *[ ? ] *portmap-boot
> *[ ? ] *portmap-wait
> *[ ? ] *procps
> *[ ? ] *rc.local
> *[ ? ] *saslauthd
> *[ ? ] *screen-cleanup
> *[ ? ] *sendsigs
> *[ ? ] *smbd
> *[ ? ] *stop-bootlogd
> *[ ? ] *stop-bootlogd-single
> *[ ? ] *udev
> *[ ? ] *udev-finish
> *[ ? ] *udevmonitor
> *[ ? ] *udevtrigger
> *[ ? ] *umountfs
> *[ ? ] *umountnfs.sh
> *[ ? ] *umountroot
> *[ ? ] *usermin
> *[ ? ] *vzquota
> *[ ? ] *webmin
>
> given the command line above I would have expected the output text to go
> into a file called servicesrunning.txt, not on screen. But the above output
> is the screen text.
>
> There IS text in the new file servicesrunning.txt, like this:
>
> dave@cl28810:~$ cat servicesrunning.txt
> *[ + ] *apache2
> *[ + ] *bind9
> *[ - ] *bootlogd
> *[ + ] *clamav-daemon
> *[ + ] *clamav-freshclam
> *[ - ] *dovecot
> *[ - ] *klogd
> *[ - ] *postfix
> *[ + ] *postgresql-8.4
> *[ + ] *proftpd
> *[ + ] *quota
> *[ - ] *quotarpc
> *[ - ] *rsync
> *[ - ] *sendmail
> *[ + ] *spamassassin
> *[ + ] *ssh
> *[ + ] *sysklogd
> *[ + ] *sysstat
> *[ - ] *urandom
> *[ - ] *wide-dhcpv6-client
> *[ + ] *xinetd
>
> So NOT the same text, less detail. Apparently only a summary goes into the
> text file.
>
> Anyone know why this behaviour? Why on screen, why summary only on file?

It's stderr that's displayed and stdout that's saved to "servicesrunning.txt".

If you want everything to end up in "servicesrunning.txt", you have to
run "service --status-all > servicesrunning.txt 2>&1".

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