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I have to create a code, which is below this, and when the user enters their name, password, and then a password confirmation, I need to send their details to a .txt file with the time and date inside the file, any hints would be appreciated!

#!/bin/bash read -p "Username: " username while true; do read -s -p "Please enter your password: " password echo read -s -p "Please re-enter your Password: " password2 echo [ "$password" = "$password2" ] && break echo "Please ensure your passwords match!" done

Before I get the "just google it" thing, I have looked how to send specific commands to the file, but I need the date/time accessed sent to the .txt

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  • You won't get "just Google it" here, but there is an expectation that you've done some research. The date command will give you the current date and time Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:27
  • I'm trying to get the date and time for the script being run if thats possible? Like when someone does bash pass.sh it sends the time accessed to a file Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:30
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    oof I had the way you recommened in the wrong spot, I have it sending the date to a .txt file now. Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:34

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You could echo the date output to the file:

echo "script started at `date`" >> debug.log read -p "Username: " username echo "${username} entered at `date`" >> debug.log while true; do read -s -p "Please enter your password: " password echo read -s -p "Please re-enter your Password: " password2 echo [ "$password" = "$password2" ] && break echo "Please ensure your passwords match!" echo "Invalid password entered at `date` for user ${username}" >> errors.log done echo "${username} entered a correct password at `date`" >> debug.log

You can replace errors.log with any file name of your choosing.

If instead of logging errors (non-matching passwords) you wish to log correct (matching) passwords then move the echo command to the end (after the done line), like I did now with some more echos, now to a different file.

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  • And instead of sending it to errors.log I could send it to a .txt file of my choosing? Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:28
  • @BlueMoon Yes indeed you can. Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:29
  • Added more possible outputs, select one or more and play with them! Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:35
  • Thank you so much, I have been re-reading my netacad chapters and it tell you how to output certain things to a file, but not a script, I was losing my mind Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:37
  • @BlueMoon You are welcome. If the answer still is valid for your question (I believe it is) then please accept it and vote up so others who find this will know. Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 23:40

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