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Capture the command STDOUT to a variable and re-use it as many times as you like:

commandoutput=$commandoutput="$(command-to-run)" echo $commandoutput"$commandoutput" | grep -i errors echo $commandoutput"$commandoutput" | pbcopy

If you need to capture STDERR too, then use 2>&1 at the end of the command, like so:

commandoutput=$commandoutput="$(command-to-run 2>&1)"

Capture the command STDOUT to a variable and re-use it as many times as you like:

commandoutput=$(command-to-run) echo $commandoutput | grep -i errors echo $commandoutput | pbcopy

If you need to capture STDERR too, then use 2>&1 at the end of the command, like so:

commandoutput=$(command-to-run 2>&1)

Capture the command STDOUT to a variable and re-use it as many times as you like:

commandoutput="$(command-to-run)" echo "$commandoutput" | grep -i errors echo "$commandoutput" | pbcopy

If you need to capture STDERR too, then use 2>&1 at the end of the command, like so:

commandoutput="$(command-to-run 2>&1)"

answered Jan 7, 2012 at 3:43

Capture the command STDOUT to a variable and re-use it as many times as you like:

commandoutput=$(command-to-run) echo $commandoutput | grep -i errors echo $commandoutput | pbcopy

If you need to capture STDERR too, then use 2>&1 at the end of the command, like so:

commandoutput=$(command-to-run 2>&1)