Ok this is what I came up with: #!/bin/bash # this script parses mod_status to see which hosts are getting the most requests while true do echo "Time and date: $(/bin/date +"%D %H:%M:%S")" >> /tmp/apache_request_log >> /tmp/apache_request_log echo “hostname: $(/bin/hostname -f)\n” >> /tmp/apache_request_log echo “host ip: $(/bin/hostname -i)” >> /tmp/apache_request_log echo "Server Stats: $(/usr/bin/GET `hostname -f`/server-status/?auto | /bin/egrep -i 'kbytes')" >> /tmp/apache_request_log echo "Server Stats: $(/usr/bin/GET `hostname -f`/server-status/?auto | /bin/egrep -i 'ReqPerSec')" >> /tmp/apache_request_log echo -e "\n" sleep 60 done Still can't get the echo -e "\n" statement to print a new line for some reason. Other than that I'm good. And thanks for everyone's help! Tim On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Patrick Bervoets < patrick.bervoets at psc-elsene.be> wrote: > > op 03-06-14 16:32, schreef Tim Dunphy: > > What I need to figure out at this point is how to get the time and date >> info on the same line as it's category. ie get >> >> Time and date: 06/03/14 10:24:09 >> >> instead of >> >> Time and date: >> 06/03/14 10:24:09 >> > printf "Time and date: $(/bin/date +"%D %H:%M:%S")\n" solves both problems > here > > As it is now. >> >> Also I'm trying to print out newlines with echo -e "\n" but somehow that >> isn't working. Tho I think I've gotten that to work in the past. >> >> If someone could please help me fix these minor formatting issues that >> would be great and appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Tim >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B