Append a stream to a log file.

Linux Commands: Use tee -a to preserve existing log contents.

Bash terminal
printf 'second\n' | tee -a events.log >/dev/null
cat events.log

Expected output EXAMPLE

first
second

Details

Run in Bash on GNU/Linux in a scratch directory. Tested with the GNU utilities supplied by Ubuntu. Use tee -a to preserve existing log contents.

✓ Verified

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) · bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3; sed 4.9-2ubuntu0.24.04.1

Test inputs, results and environment

The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Unprivileged snippet process, external networking disabled, read-only root filesystem, and a fresh temporary working directory. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.

Architecture / host kernel
x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Snippet identity / locale
uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged) / C.UTF-8
Interpreter invocation
bash -euo pipefail -c <published code>
Container image ID
sha256:32dc2d998158b6554c99b73b533f423696a0f3e31e8cbea9db10b5eee9a2fadd
Code SHA-256
91679b762a73858242654417f17e00a8dc6f3017e13e33a416c56c894b961d23
Dependencies
bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3; sed 4.9-2ubuntu0.24.04.1

Test input setup

These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.

printf 'first\n' > events.log

Observed standard output

first
second

Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.

Additional assertions that passed

Checks recorded by the test harness. Where Python assertions are shown, browser cases use Playwright and simulator cases may inspect pin transitions: result.stdout is captured output, work is the temporary directory, and Path is pathlib.Path. The harness also imports json and csv.

assert Path('events.log').read_text() == 'first\nsecond\n'