BASH - service --status-all

[RaHorakhty]

the following cmd generates a .txt with a partial listing of running services on my system:

service --status-all > services.txt | gedit& services.txt

I cannot remember exactly how load the text file with the complete listing. any suggestions? I'm looking for a one linerer....

[steeldriver]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking, but iirc the services whose status can't be determined (the ones shown with [ ? ] alongside) go to stderr instead of stdout - so if you want to capture those to the file as well you would need something like


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

or (in newer versions of bash only)


service --status-all &> services.txt

[RaHorakhty]

perfect! the 2>@1 is the (passing cmdline params to apps) is the part I didn't quite get. I'm going to experiment...stay tuned...

[RaHorakhty]

now all the services appear but its not opening the services.txt. can you explain why
service --status-all &> services.txt requires the &? whats the difference btw 2>&1 and &>? It craps out when I try piping it directly to gedit using the following cmd: service --status-all &> services.txt | gedit "services.txt"

[sudodus]

This would be a one-liner

service --status-all &>services.txt; less services.txt

edit: or even better if you need not save a file

service --status-all &> /dev/stdout|less

[schragge]

can you explain why requires the &? whats the difference btw 2>&1 and &>?&>file is a bash-specific shortcut for >file 2>&1. As to what all this means, please have a look at Illustrated Redirection Tutorial (http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/howto/redirection_tutorial).