Try this:
mysql -uuser -ppassword < sql_script_file 1> output_file.log 2>output_file.err
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Browse All TopicsWhen you run a sql script file in command line with MySQL you can redirect the output of the query in a file but not the errors apparently:
>mysql -uuser -ppassword < sql_script_file > output_file
If the sql_script_file returns a result like table rows they will get into the output_file but if there is an error within the script it is not redirected to the outpyt_file but only to the console.
How can I get the errors from a script file to be saved to a output_file with MySQL.
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by: reb73Posted on 2009-04-29 at 05:44:46ID: 24259763
Have you tried using the --tee switch to output everything to an output file..
index.php/ The_mysql_ Command- Li ne_Tool
See complete command line reference below -
http://www.techotopia.com/