Bleed Red

Logger Module: INFO and ERROR for your BASH scripts

G=$(tput setaf 2) # Green for info

R=$(tput setaf 1) # Red for error

M=$(tput setaf 5) # Magenta for others

N=$(tput sgr0) # Reset the color

LOGDIR="/var/log"

LOG_FILE=mylog.log

log_dir_check()

{

if [ -d $LOGDIR ]

then

    echo "Directory already existing"

else

    mkdir -p $LOGDIR

fi

}

log_info()

{

    local msg="$1"

    local tstamp=`date '+%b%e %H:%M:%S'`

    echo -e "$G$tstamp:[INFO] $msg$N" 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGDIR/$LOG_FILE

}

log_error()

{

    local msg="$1"

    local tstamp=`date '+%b%e %H:%M:%S'`

    echo -e "$R$tstamp:[ERROR] $msg$N" 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGDIR/$LOG_FILE

}

log_dir_check

log_error "This is an error"

log_info "This is an info"

onscreen and log o/p

# cat /var/log/mylog.log
Jul 8 02:48:49:[ERROR] This is an error
Jul 8 02:48:49:[INFO] This is an info