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Any cron job can generate output. It may be log or error messages. Regardless of
the nature of the output, you may want to save this output to a file. This can
be done using the > operator.
Saving cron job output to file
To save the output from the cron job running the shell script to a file, use the following command:
* * * * * /bin/backup.sh > /bin/file.txt 2>&1
Let's break down this cron job:
/bin/backup.sh > /bin/file.txtstates that the output from/bin/backup.shwill be redirected and saved in the/bin/file.txt2>&1states that the standard error (2>) is redirected to the same file descriptor that is pointed by standard output (&1)
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