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Bash: Tee command doesnt print the dates in log function when called

veryangryman · 2021-09-16 08:51:45

function log { echo "[$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)]: $*" | tee -a $testout_file } Doesnt output the date stuff. Im newish to tee, any tips im sure its something simple

16-09-2021 8:51am

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veryangryman

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function log {
echo "[$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)]: $*" | tee -a $testout_file
}

Doesnt output the date stuff. Im newish to tee, any tips im sure its something simple

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#2 16-09-2021 1:32pm
Skrynesaver

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The shell expansion is not interpolated, try the following instead
echo \[$(date --rfc-3339=seconds)\]\: $* | tee -a $testout_file

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