redirecting the output of a script to a file

[Paul Howarth]

Ankush Grover wrote:
> Hey friends,
> 
>  I have written one script for running the clamav every nite.I have
> attached the script along with this mail.I want to redirect the
> messages generated by this script on the standard ouput to a file.
> 
> When I ran the script few messages where flashing on the standard
> ouput .I want to redirect those messages to a file.
> 
> Please guide me how to do this.

This is elementary scripting. In bash (or sh), just use the ">" operator.

./scan > /path/to/file.stdout

If you get output on standard error, you can redirect them separately:

./scan > /path/to/file.stdout 2> /path/to/file.stderr

Or you can write them to the same file:

./scan > /path/to/file.both 2>&1

P.S. There's a backslash that shouldn't be there at the end of your script.

Paul.