Creating a shell script

[usblackhawk]

I am looking to create a shell script that utilises the traceroute command

i need it to output the data to a text file, so that i can use it to take statistics from.
i also need the file to run 3 times a day for about 7 days.

Can anyone advise me on how to go about this? or how to code it?

thanks.

[Franklin52]

You can redirect your output within your script to your logfile:

echo "Message ..." >> /directory/logfile

or redirect the output in your crontab file like:

30 4 * * * /mydir/my_script.sh >> /directory/logfile

This is an example of a cron job that runs once a day at 4:30a.

You can find a bunch of examples on the net to set up a cron job if you Google on "crontab tutorial".

Regards

[usblackhawk]

so then i would put that cron code in a shell script?

how would i make a shell script, and how would the compute know to run this script if the cron code was put inside it?

[usblackhawk]

i have tried

07 22 * * 1-7 echo "Message/.........." >> /home/directory/test

but i get an error saying bash: 07: command not found

[usblackhawk]

no matter.. figured it out.