>> append formatting

Shell Programming and Scripting
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  var=$(find /etc/*)
        tput smso
        ls -l | echo $var >> log

i am losing at the formatting when i append it to the log
is another way of doing it

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You could try this:

find /etc/ >> log

If you do it your original way, you need to add quotes so all the files get assigned to the variable:

var="$(find /etc/)"

Also, I don't think there is anything to be achieved by piping anything into the echo command.