Time stamp to log file?

[solo2500]

I would like to add a time stamp to a ftp.log file every time I send a file. I'm using a cron job to send the file every 5 minutes using the following:

1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /home/pi/imagesend_scr1 >> /home/pi/ftp.log 2>&1

1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /home/pi/imagesend_scr1 >> /dev/null 2>&1

Is there a simple (elegant?) way to do this?

THANKS ALL!!!

[pcmanbob]

you can replace

1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * *

with

*/5 * * * *

and it will run
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if that is what you are talking about by more elegant

[solo2500]

Yes.. quite a bit more elegant... thanks.
But I would actually like to add a time stamp to the output of : imagesend_scr1

you can replace

1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * *

with

*/5 * * * *

and it will run
2016-09-03 19:00:00 UTC
2016-09-03 19:05:00 UTC
2016-09-03 19:10:00 UTC
2016-09-03 19:15:00 UTC
2016-09-03 19:20:00 UTC
if that is what you are talking about by more elegant

[DougieLawson]

Does it have to be on the x1 & x6 minutes? Or can it run on x5 and x0 minutes?

You could use Bob's option and include a sleep(60) in your script.

[solo2500]

I think you guys may be missing the point (or more likely I'm doing a poor job of articulating the question... ) The output of the ftp script I'm running has no time information... I'd like to know what time the connection information occurred. I would like to insert a time stamp into the log file whenever a log message is generated.

Thanks again!!!

Does it have to be on the x1 & x6 minutes? Or can it run on x5 and x0 minutes?

You could use Bob's option and include a sleep(60) in your script.

[pcmanbob]

if you wanted to output a time stamp to your log file you could do this.

you could add this to your script.

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current_time=$(date "+%H:%M:%S")
echo "Executed at $current_time" >>/home/pi/ftp.log

you could even create a start and finish time if you wished.

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start_time=$(date "+%H:%M:%S")

your existing script goes in here

end_time=$(date "+%H:%M:%S")
echo "Started at $start_time" >>/home/pi/ftp.log
echo "Ended at $end_time" >>/home/pi/ftp.log

[solo2500]

Works perfect!!!
THANKS!!!