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I have a program which interacts with the user on the terminal.
But if it crashes I'd like to pipe the stderr through another tool to tidy / prettyprint it.
Is there a way to do this?
As far as I can see, the ways of redirecting the stderr all involve doing something with stdout, and that hides / disrupts the interactive terminal.
bash pipe
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I have a program which interacts with the user on the terminal.
But if it crashes I'd like to pipe the stderr through another tool to tidy / prettyprint it.
Is there a way to do this?
As far as I can see, the ways of redirecting the stderr all involve doing something with stdout, and that hides / disrupts the interactive terminal.
bash pipe
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago
add a comment |
I have a program which interacts with the user on the terminal.
But if it crashes I'd like to pipe the stderr through another tool to tidy / prettyprint it.
Is there a way to do this?
As far as I can see, the ways of redirecting the stderr all involve doing something with stdout, and that hides / disrupts the interactive terminal.
bash pipe
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
I have a program which interacts with the user on the terminal.
But if it crashes I'd like to pipe the stderr through another tool to tidy / prettyprint it.
Is there a way to do this?
As far as I can see, the ways of redirecting the stderr all involve doing something with stdout, and that hides / disrupts the interactive terminal.
bash pipe
bash pipe
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
asked yesterday
interstarinterstar
3621821
3621821
Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago
add a comment |
Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago
Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
1
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago
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You might have to wrap the program in a small bash script, but it's doable. You can redirect stderr to a file while leaving stdout to display on the screen:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run my program, with stderr saved to a file
my_program 2> /tmp/stderr_output.txt
# If the program returned with anything but success, print stderr
if [ ! $! ]; then
cat /tmp/stderr_output.txt
fi
Instead of just using the cat utility, you could use your formatting utility to output the error text.
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
4
$!is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in$?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with[ ! $? ](this tests for an empty string, as with[ -z $? ]). It would be better to just useif ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
add a comment |
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You might have to wrap the program in a small bash script, but it's doable. You can redirect stderr to a file while leaving stdout to display on the screen:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run my program, with stderr saved to a file
my_program 2> /tmp/stderr_output.txt
# If the program returned with anything but success, print stderr
if [ ! $! ]; then
cat /tmp/stderr_output.txt
fi
Instead of just using the cat utility, you could use your formatting utility to output the error text.
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
4
$!is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in$?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with[ ! $? ](this tests for an empty string, as with[ -z $? ]). It would be better to just useif ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
add a comment |
You might have to wrap the program in a small bash script, but it's doable. You can redirect stderr to a file while leaving stdout to display on the screen:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run my program, with stderr saved to a file
my_program 2> /tmp/stderr_output.txt
# If the program returned with anything but success, print stderr
if [ ! $! ]; then
cat /tmp/stderr_output.txt
fi
Instead of just using the cat utility, you could use your formatting utility to output the error text.
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
4
$!is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in$?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with[ ! $? ](this tests for an empty string, as with[ -z $? ]). It would be better to just useif ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
add a comment |
You might have to wrap the program in a small bash script, but it's doable. You can redirect stderr to a file while leaving stdout to display on the screen:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run my program, with stderr saved to a file
my_program 2> /tmp/stderr_output.txt
# If the program returned with anything but success, print stderr
if [ ! $! ]; then
cat /tmp/stderr_output.txt
fi
Instead of just using the cat utility, you could use your formatting utility to output the error text.
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
You might have to wrap the program in a small bash script, but it's doable. You can redirect stderr to a file while leaving stdout to display on the screen:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run my program, with stderr saved to a file
my_program 2> /tmp/stderr_output.txt
# If the program returned with anything but success, print stderr
if [ ! $! ]; then
cat /tmp/stderr_output.txt
fi
Instead of just using the cat utility, you could use your formatting utility to output the error text.
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
answered yesterday
Jacob HumeJacob Hume
1785
1785
4
$!is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in$?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with[ ! $? ](this tests for an empty string, as with[ -z $? ]). It would be better to just useif ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
add a comment |
4
$!is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in$?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with[ ! $? ](this tests for an empty string, as with[ -z $? ]). It would be better to just useif ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
4
4
$! is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in $?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with [ ! $? ] (this tests for an empty string, as with [ -z $? ]). It would be better to just use if ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
$! is the PID of the most recent background task, The return status is in $?. You can't test for a non-zero integer with [ ! $? ] (this tests for an empty string, as with [ -z $? ]). It would be better to just use if ! my_program 2>file; then ...; fi.– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
Doesn't seem to work. If I do my_program 2> /tmp/errors.txt that still blocks my interaction on the terminal
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
1
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
@interstar Prompts etc. (interactive dialog with the user) happens on standard error. Redirecting it to a file would put all of that into the file.
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
So basically, can't be done then?
– interstar
13 hours ago
add a comment |
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Are you asking about the pretty printing, or about how to arrange for that other tool to get the error output, or both?
– Kusalananda♦
yesterday
What I really want right now is the pretty-printing what comes out on stderr if the interactive program crashes. I thought this would be the general case that would also solve that. But I'm open to other solutions
– interstar
14 hours ago
1
Are you able to get the program to do logging to a file, i.e. from the program itself?
– Kusalananda♦
13 hours ago
Not simply. If this can't be done, then it can't be done, and I'll have to look for another solution. Exactly explicitly trying to intercept errors etc. I was just hoping there was some command-line / pipeline magic that could solve it.
– interstar
12 hours ago